The All-Inclusive Redemption
This week is known is Shabbat Nachamu, when we read the beautiful haftorah of consolation. As usual, it is also…
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The Mourning of Jerusalem
One of the most iconic and stirring kinnot is “Eli Tzion.” The opening line and refrain reads as follows: “Wail…
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The End of the Journey
Our parsha opens with a list of the forty-two stations at which the Jewish people stopped in their journey through…
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For the Love of Zion
The end of our parsha focuses on the request of the tribes of Reuven and Gad to stay on the…
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The Humility of Jerusalem
When the time came for Moshe to choose the next leader of the Jewish people, he naturally thought of his…
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Seeing the Good of Jerusalem
In the beginning of one of his attempted curses, Bilam refers to himself as setum ha-ayin. The word setum is…
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The Holistic Delight of Jerusalem
In the midst of the Torah’s discussion of the laws of ritual impurity contracted via contact with a corpse, the…
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The Peaceful Strength of Jerusalem
The midrash compares Korach to the subject of the following verse in Mishlei: “A rebellious brother – a strong city.”…
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The Living City
The Land of Israel is a unique location. Most lands are merely places where people live, a setting for their…
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The Sensitivity of Jerusalem
Our parsha concludes with the story of Miriam speaking ill of Moshe and God punishing her with tzara’at. While this…
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