Pinchas

Numbers 25:10–30:1

Little Moishy was going to shul for the first time. His family lived far from the shul. But he had just turned five and his mother felt that the long walk would not be too much for him. “I know I can make it,” Moishy said excitedly. “And I promise I’ll ...

Adapted fromLikkutei Sichos, Vol. II, p. 344ff, 609ff;Vol. IV, p. 1070ff; Vol. XVIII, p. 318ff Can Priesthood be a Reward? This week’s Torah reading begins:Numbers 25:11-13. “Pinchas, the son of Elazar… turned My wrath away from the children of Israel by ...

This week’s Torah reading begins: “Pinchas, the son of Elazar turned My wrath away from the children of Israel by zealously taking up My cause among them. Therefore I have granted him a covenant of peace. He and his descendants will possess an eternal ...

The beginning of the Sidra describes G-d’s reward to Pinchas for his zealousness in avenging Zimri’s insolence in bringing a heathen woman into the camp of the Israelites. Rashi, in his commentary, seems to be troubled by an apparently unnecessary ...

“Pinchas . . . turned My wrath away from the Children of Israel when he zealously avenged Me among them . . . Therefore say: Behold, I give him My covenant of peace. And it shall be for him, and for his offspring after him, a covenant of eternal ...

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Moses sought to mitigate G‑d’s anger against Israel through prayer. In contrast, Pinchas’s action took place not in the supernal realms, but rather “below,” in the physical world.

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