Twelve Tribes of Israel, The

In this process of counting there is an interesting feature: G-d tells Moses to count the people as individuals and also by their families, within their tribes...

Did each tribe have their own standard?

What is the rationale behind the first tribal sequence?

Couldn’t He have let them hang out in the Bahamas instead? Or at least some nice vacation spot along the Red Sea and let them do a little scuba diving?

Why was the tribe of Levi not counted along with the other tribes?

Why are Aharon's descendants mentioned here?

How does one switch from the stage where everything is sanctified to the stage where the sacred must be carried on one’s shoulder?

After the general census of the Jewish people, Moses takes a separate census of the tribe of Levi, including the family of Aaron the high priest. In the verse (Numbers 3:39) “All the countings of the Levites that Moses and Aaron counted,” the word “ve-Aha...

We find that the Twelfth Step's call for service – that we "carry this message to other alcoholics" – is not just a way of paying back to the program, it is crucial to our own sobriety.

G-d spoke to Moses and Aaron saying: The children of Israel shall encamp each man by his division with the flag staffs of their fathers' house; some distance from the Tent of Meeting they shall encamp. (Numbers 2:1-2) Throughout their 40-year sojourn in t...