(link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas And the daughters of zelophehad Came forward And they stood before moshe and before eleazar the priest "our father died in the wilderness, and he was not part of the community that banded together agaist the lord with the community of korah, For through his own offense he died, and he had no sons. Why should our father's name be withdrawn from the midst of his clan Because he had no son?" (Numbers 27:1-4)   "Give us a holding in...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas And the daughters of zelophehad son of hepher, son of gilead, son of machir, son of menashe … And they stood before moshe and before eleazar the priest and before the chieftains and all the community at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying: our father died in the wilderness … Why should our father's name be withdrawn from the midst of his clan because he had no son? Give us a holding in the...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. According to the lot shall the...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas And on the Sabbath day, two unblemished lambs in the first year, and two tenths fine flour as a meal offering, mixed with oil, and its libation. (Bamidbar 28:8 most quotations from Scripture and Rashi herein based on the Judaica Press translation)   A pleasing odor – Nahat ru'ah for Me, for I spoke and My will was executed. (Rashi, Bamidbar 28:8)   Then...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas You shall apportion the Land among these as an inheritance, in accordance with the number of names. To the large you shall give a larger inheritance and to a smaller tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance, each person shall be given an inheritance according to his number. Only through lot shall the Land be apportioned; they shall inherit it according to the names of their fathers' tribes. The inheritance shall be apportioned between the...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND SAY TO THEM: MY OFFERING, MY FOOD FOR MY FIRE OFFERINGS, A SPIRIT OF SATISFACTION FOR ME, YOU SHALL TAKE CARE TO OFFER TO ME AT ITS APPOINTED TIME. AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM: THIS IS THE FIRE OFFERING WHICH YOU SHALL OFFER TO THE LORD: TWO UNBLEMISHED LAMBS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR EACH DAY AS A CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING. THE ONE LAMB YOU SHALL OFFER UP IN THE...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas IT WAS AFTER THE PLAGUE, THAT THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES AND TO ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON THE PRIEST, SAYING: TAKE A CENSUS OF ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARDS, FOLLOWING THEIR FATHERS' HOUSES, ALL THAT ARE FIT TO GO OUT TO WAR IN ISRAEL. (Bamidbar 26:1-2)   It was after the plague This can be compared to a shepherd whose flock was intruded by...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Balak THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOFHAD SON OF HEFER SON OF GILEAD SON OF MACHIR SON OF MENASHEH SON OF JOSEPH, OF MENASHEH THE SON OF JOSEPH'S FAMILY CAME FORWARD. THE NAMES OF THE DAUGHTERS WERE MAHLAH, NOAH, HOGLAH, MILCAH, AND TIRZAH. THEY STOOD BEFORE MOSES, ELAZAR THE PRIEST, THE CHIEFTAINS, AND THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TENT OF MEETING, AND THEY SAID: "OUR FATHER DIED IN THE WILDERNESS… AND HE HAS LEFT...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Pinchas SAY, THEREFORE, "I WILL GRANT HIM MY PACT OF PEACE." (Bamidbar 25:1)   I will grant him My pact of peace – The gift of peace as reward or as a "preventive treatment" against corruption of character. Peace is an unsurpassed good because it includes al types of spiritual accomplishments and eternal happiness. That is why the priests' blessing to Israel ends with peace. No one achieves peace through his own efforts alone, but...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Pinchas PINHAS, SON OF ELAZAR, SON OF AARON THE PRIEST, HAS TURNED BACK MY WRATH FROM THE ISRAELITES BY DISPLAYING AMONG THEM HIS PASSION FOR ME, SO THAT I DID NOT WIPE OUT THE ISRAELITE PEOPLE IN MY PASSION. SAY, THEREFORE, I WILL GRANT HIM MY PACT OF PEACE. (Bamidbar 25: 11)     My Pact of Peace – Reward or Safeguard Against Psychological Damage? As reward for pacifying God's wrath and anger, He blessed...