Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Sholom B. Wineberg

In the portion of Behaalos’cha, Moshe tells G-d that he cannot bear responsibility for the Jewish people all by himself. G-d responds by saying: “Assemble 70 of Israel’s elders… I will cause some of the spirit that you possess to emanate, and I will place...

Moses—the paradigm of humility

In the Torah portion of Behaalos’cha, the Torah speaks at length about the manna, the heavenly food that sustained the Jewish people during our 40-year sojourn in the desert. With regard to the manna, the Gemara notes: The verse statesBamidbar 11:9. that ...

Paschal Prerequisites In the portion of Behaalos’cha, the Torah relates.Bamidbar 9:1-16. how the Jewish people brought the Paschal offering in the desert on the fourteenth of Nissan , one year after their Exodus from Egypt. At that time, certain individua...

In the Torah portion of Behaalos’cha, we read: “And on the day of your rejoicing, on your festivals and on your Rosh Chodesh days, you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and they shall be a ...

The Torah relates in Beha’alosecha that when the Jews brought the Paschal offering in the desert, some individuals could not participate because they were ritually impure. In response to their cry, “Why should we lose the privilege of bringing the offerin...