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Numbers, the Book of: The fourth of the Five Books of Moses, relates the story of the Israelites' sojourn in the desert. The main points include: the consecration of the Levites and the Kohanim, the Spies' trip to Canaan, Korah's mutiny, Balaam's attempt to curse the Israelites, and the Israelites’ war against Midian.
As anyone who has ever battled a coal barbeque or labored to start a campfire without fire-starters or kerosene would attest, there is more to kindling than just holding a match to the fuel
Ironically, the smaller the splash, the higher the rating that the diver receives
Why should the first oil of the third pressing have priority for the kindling of the menorah over the second oil of the first pressing?
A lesson from the seven-branched menorah: You don’t have to be a carbon copy of somebody else to be a good Jew. The critical issue is, are you kindled?
The deeper meaning behind the different opinions in the Talmud and commentaries regarding the menorah’s spatial alignment inside the Temple, and regarding the identity of its miraculous “western lamp.”
When the Torah talks about Aaron lighting the Menorah, it does not say "when you light the candles" but rather "When you raise light." The Commentator Rashi explains that the one lighting the lamp should hold the flame to the wick "until a flame arises of...
I am now raising my grandchildren's parents
"There are seventy facets of the Torah" say the Talmud. Here are three perspectives on the Menorah in the Holy Temple
Much as we might want it to be otherwise, G‑d’s voice cannot resound everywhere and at all times.
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