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#135 | Bamidbar ch.17 - Mirrors and Flowers
The Korach revolt will not die. God offers sign after sign, but the people remain disgruntled and oppositional. Is there any resolution to this chall…
5 months ago
#134 | Bamidbar ch.16 - Who's with Korach?
The Korach revolt takes an amalgam of different agendas and unites them into a full scale rebellion.
Who's who in the opposition to Moshe and Aharon?…
5 months ago
#133 | Bamidbar ch.15 - Promises and Warnings
Chapter 15 contains 5 mitzvot that seem entirely disconnected from the storyline of events in Bamidbar. We attempt to connect the dots into an integr…
5 months ago
#132 | Bamidbar ch.14 - The Sin of the People
Are the nation culpable for the sin of the Spies?
They were manipulated and misled. Should the be punished for forty years for this inadvertent mistak…
5 months ago
#131 | Bamidbar ch.13 - The Sin of the Spies
If God told Moshe to send Spies, how did it go so wrong?
In this podcast we discuss the spies' report, whether they were sent to be objective observer…
5 months, 1 week ago
#130 | Bamidbar ch.12 - In a League of His Own
Miriam and Aharon speak disparagingly about Moses.
God springs to his defence and reminds us why Moshe is in a league of his own.
In this class we high…
5 months, 1 week ago
#129 | Bamidbar ch.11 - Unsatiable Cravings
In our chapter, the people complain and cry for meat, and Moses has a crisis.
What is happening in the camp of Israel?
How has order unraveled so rapid…
5 months, 1 week ago
#128 | Bamidbar ch.10 - The March to the Promised Land
Bamidbar 10 is a momentous chapter. After a year at Mount Sinai, the nation embark to realize Jewish history, the promises to the Patriarchs, the ful…
5 months, 1 week ago
#127 | Bamidbar ch.9 - Renewing the Covenant
Why do we see the law of Pesach at this point in the book?
Why should there be a second opportunity to do Pesach, when this doesn't apply to other law…
5 months, 1 week ago
#126 | Bamidbar ch.8 - Sage Wisdom
Chapter 8 depicts the cermonial dedication of the Levites.
We pick three points of interest here:
1. The "semicha" - the laying of the people's hands o…
5 months, 2 weeks ago