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 | | |  | Sivan 10, 5772 · May 31, 2012 | General Overview:
| This week's reading, Naso, is the longest single portion in the Torah, containing 176 verses. The reading starts with a continuation of the Levite census and a discussion regarding their Tabernacle duties. The laws of the sotah woman and the Nazirite follow. The portion concludes with the Priestly Blessing and the offerings which the Tribal leaders brought in honor of the Tabernacle inauguration. |
 | By Mendel Kalmenson |  |
|  | | THE PARSHAH | | | Numbers 4:21–7:89
8,580 holy movers, the wayward wife, the life of the Nazir (no grape products, long hair, no contact with the dead), blessing priests and donor princes . . . and what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today.
|  |  | | COLUMNISTS | | | When we become addicted to a particular indulgence, we must wean ourselves from the addiction by abstaining completely until we have recovered.
By Lazer Gurkow |  | | | | Sin is foolish. We all know it. No one ever feels good after a sin, and no one feels bad after doing a mitzvah. But we sin anyway. Then we feel guilty, then we sin again . . .
By Levi Avtzon | | | | | A trainable cat, a prince who thinks he's a rooster, and a rebbe who digs up dirt
By Mendel Kalmenson | | | | FEATURED VIDEO | | | A Taste of Text—Naso
We are still "married" to our ideals and spiritual vision; we simply need to be reunited with our true, inner selves. By Chana Weisberg | | | | | Practical Parshah - Naso
The kohanim are commanded to bless the people. What is the meaning of a blessing given by one human being to another? By Mendel Kaplan | | | | | Topics include: Why the Levite family of Kehat carried the Ark containing the Tablets, why a Nazarite must allow his hair to grow and may not drink wine, and a mystical explanation as to why we have ten fingers. By Chaim Miller | | | | FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES | | | A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel Schochet | | | | | A five minute weekly Torah thought based on the teachings of Chassidut. By Berel Bell | | | | | |
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