Mattot & Massei- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.9 & 4.10: Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-36:13 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Mattot & Massei Meaning: Matot meaning “Tribes” and Massei meaning “Journeys” Mattot (מטות), which means “tribes”, and Massei (מסעי), a meaning “journeys” are the last Torah Portions for the book of Bamidbar (Numbers). These portions are about how the land will be …
Mattot
מטות Parsha Mattot Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-32:42 “And Mosheh spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Yisra’el, saying, “This is the wordwhich YaHuWaH has commanded:”– Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:1 Mosheh (Mushah) gives instruction to the heads (roshay רָאשֵׁי) of the tribes (mattoth מטות) regarding the laws of vows and oaths: Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2“When a man vows a vow …
Pinchas
פנחס Parasha Pinchas Bamidbar (Numbers)25:10-29:40 And YaHuWaH spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Pinchas, son of El’azar, son of Aharon the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Yisra’el, because he was ardent with My ardour in their midst, so that I did not consume the children of Yisra’el in My ardour.. – Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-11 This Torah portion …
Kids Learning: Pinehas (Pinchas) 4.8 Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1
Pinehas (Pinchas)- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.8: Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Pinehas (Pinchas) Meaning: the Name of a Lewite (son of El’azer, grandson of Aharon) Pinehas or Pinchas (פנחס), is Aharon’s grandson, and the zealous man that stops the YHWH’s plague from spreading by setting an example for the people. Moshe is near his time to …
Balak (Balaq)
בלק Parsha Balak Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:1-25:9 And the children of Yashar’al (Yisra’el) set out and camped in the desert plains of Mo’ab beyond the Yarden of Yericho. And Balaq son of Tsippor saw all that Yashar’al (Yisra’el) had done to the Amorites. – Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:1-2 בלק Balak (Balaq), sovereign of the Moabites along with all his people were …
Kids Learning: Balaq (Balak) 4.7 Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9
Balaq (Balak)- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.7: Bamidbar (Numbers) 22:2-25:9 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Balaq (Balak) Meaning: a Moabite king’s name The Torah Portion this week is called Balaq (Balak, בלק), named after a king of Moab. This king seeks out a sorcerer to curse the children of Yashra’el and things don’t end up going his way. Chapter 22 …
Chukat
חוקת Parasha Chukat Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-21:35 Shemoth (Exodus) 19:1And YaHuWaH spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying, 2 “This is a law of the Torah which YaHuWaH has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’Ãl, that they bring you a red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish and on which a yoke has never come.3‘And …
Kids Learning: Chukat 4.6 Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1
Chukat- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.6: Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Chukat Meaning: Statue The Torah Portion this week is called chukat (חוקת), meaning “statue”. This time we read about the waters from the rock, Aharon and Miryam’s passing away, and the journey closer to the promised land. Chapter 19: YHWH speaks to Moshe and tells him …
Korach (Qorach)
קורח Parasha Korach (Qorach) Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32 And Qorach, son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lewi, took both Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliyab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Re’uben,2 and they rose up before Mosheh with some of the children of Yisra’el, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, called ones of the …
Kids Learning: Korach (Qorah) 4.5 Bamidbar (Numbers)16:1-18:32
Korach (Qorah)- Shared Reading Torah Portions 4.5: Bamidbar (Numbers) 16:1-18:32 Hebrew Word/Phrase of the Week: Korach (Qorah) Meaning: (Name of a Lewite) The Torah Portion this week is called Korah, (korach, קורח), (Qorah) the name of a Lewite we get to read about this time. The people are given into jealousy and make some bad decisions. YHWH punishes the people …