Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Mas'ey Zelophehad's Daughters Marry Ariel Rathaus The Book of Numbers ends with the mention of a festive event, the marriage of Zelophehad's daughters with their cousins, "the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph." However, as often happens even today, tension and contention preceded this wedding. At the end of Parashat Masa'ey, the second episode in the story of Zelophehad's daughters is told (Numbers 36:1-10), and it may be said that this episode creates...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Mas'ey THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB, BY THE JORDAN AT JERICHO SAYING: COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY SHALL GIVE TO THE LEVITES FROM THEIR HEREDITARY POSSESSION CITIES IN WHICH TO DWELL, AND YOU SHALL GIVE THE LEVITES OPEN SPACES AROUND THE CITIES. THESE CITIES SHALL BE THEIRS FOR DWELLING, AND THEIR OPEN SPACES SHALL BE FOR THEIR CATTLE, THEIR PROPERTY, AND FOR ALL THEIR NEEDS. THE AREAS OF OPEN SPACE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Mas'ey THESE WERE THE MARCHES OF THE ISRAELITES WHO STARTED OUT FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT, TROOP BY TROOP, IN THE CHARGE OF MOSES AND AARON. (Bamidbar 33:1)   The Significance of Recounting the Marches – What is Important to Remember? It is comparable to a king whose son was ill, and he took him to a far away place to cure him. When they started home, his father began recounting all of the legs...