Killing Amaleiq
As the wise king wrote, “For everything there is a time, and a season for every goal under heaven.” The “time for war” was when Canaan was simply a battleground for warring barbaric tribes,...
by admin · Published March 18, 2022 – ט״ו באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 18, 2022
As the wise king wrote, “For everything there is a time, and a season for every goal under heaven.” The “time for war” was when Canaan was simply a battleground for warring barbaric tribes,...
by Micha Berger · Published February 14, 2022 – י״ג באדר א׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 6, 2022
While looking at Unqelus this week, I had a thought that is an application of the idea in Prayers and Requests. (See also Meshekh Chokhmah – Vayechi II – My Sword and My Bow.)...
by admin · Published December 24, 2021 – כ׳ בטבת תשפ״ב · Last modified January 6, 2022
A post on Facebook by Jeremy Phillips raised the question of why Hashem chose a vigilante to be His lawgiver. He got me thinking. Hashem even lauds Moshe’s vigilantism in the Torah when he...
by Micha Berger · Published June 20, 2021 – י׳ בתמוז תשפ״א · Last modified June 20, 2021
I was wondering about something related to the attempt to travel on the Derekh haMelekh through Edom. Derekh haMelekh is the name of an actual highway of the time. But it sounds much like...
by Micha Berger · Published June 20, 2021 – י׳ בתמוז תשפ״א · Last modified June 20, 2021
In parashas Chuqas, Bamidbar 20:17, Moshe asks of the nation of Edom: נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ Allow us,...
by Micha Berger · Published May 30, 2021 – י״ט בסיון תשפ״א · Last modified May 30, 2021
My previous post engendered a couple of responses and a follow-up thought of my own that I would like to share. A quick reminder: In that post, I suggested that maybe “וְהָאִ֥ישׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה עָנָ֣ו...
by Micha Berger · Published May 28, 2021 – י״ז בסיון תשפ״א · Last modified May 28, 2021
A quick thought on something from the parashah (Behaalosekha), based on how one translates the words in the title. Bamidbar 12:3. The context is that Miriam and Aharon just complained about Moshe’s neglected wife,...
The placement of one section of parashas Naso struck me when reviewing the parashah last week. We just has a parashah and a half of counting the Jewish People — first the 12 shevatim,...
by Micha Berger · Published March 23, 2021 – י׳ בניסן תשפ״א · Last modified March 23, 2021
There is a difference in halakhah between how a bird is slaughtered when brought as a qorban chatas and when brought as a qorban olah. The Torah says (Vayiqra 5:8-10) that the kohein must...
by Micha Berger · Published March 20, 2021 – ז׳ בניסן תשפ״א · Last modified March 20, 2021
How likely is it that someone would spill ink and it would legibly depict the Mona Lisa? How likely is it to win the lottery? The two questions differ in one way… When you...
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