Parashat Bamidbar opens the fourth of the five books of the Torah, recounting the journeys of the Israelites through the desert. At the beginning of the portion, God commands a census of the ...

You just need to listen. Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 29 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.” Visit him at www.JewishPoetry.net ...

Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 28 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion.” Visit him at www.JewishPoetry.net ...

Parshat Naso is the longest Torah portion, filled with details that range from census counts to priestly blessings, from ritual purity to Nazirite vows. On the surface, it can feel technical, even ...

The haftara to Parshat Naso is lifted from Sefer Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25. Haftarot, as we all know, are excerpts from the Neviim (Prophets) that echo in some manner the week’s Torah reading.

This week’s Torah portion, Naso, contains a passage so familiar that its poetry sometimes hides its depth: the Priestly Blessing. Recited daily in the synagogue, at weddings, and said by parents ...

Parshat Naso: Numbers 4:21-7:89; Judges 13:2-25. We read in Parshat Naso about the practices of one who chooses to take the Nazarite vow, a commitment to abstain from wine, haircuts and contact ...

There are 176 pesukim in Parshat Naso. An interesting thing is that if we compare the number 176 to other texts, we find that the longest masechet in the Gemara is Bava Batra, which has 176 pages.

“A man whose wife shall go astray” (Bamidbar 5:12). The word the Torah uses is “tisteh,” which means to stray from the path (Mishlei 4:15 and 7:25), but it can also be read “tishteh ...

This week’s Parshah, Parshat Bamidbar, begins the fourth of the five Chumashim that comprise the Torah, and is the last of the Chumashim, according to many commentaries, to be spoken with the ...

The famous question on the beginning of Parshat Behar is of course why are the commandments of Shmita (the sabbatical year) and Yoval (the Jubilee year) connected by the verse to Har Sinai when ...