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 | | |  | Tammuz 28, 5772 · July 18, 2012 | General Overview:
| This week's Torah reading, Matot-Massei, begins with the laws of oaths. The Israelites wage battle against Midian, and the spoils are divided and tithed. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request and receive territory outside the mainland of Israel. Moses reviews the forty years of Israelite journeys through the desert. The Torah discusses the boundaries of Israel, its division amongst the tribes, the cities which the Levites would receive, and the cities of refuge. Tzelafchad's daughters are restricted to marrying within their own tribe. |
 | By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks |  |
|  | | THE PARSHAH | | | Numbers 30:2–36:13
Fathers, daughters and husbands; vengeance and war spoils; east and west, tribalism, havens for inadvertent murderers, and the forty-two journeys in the journey of life—plus what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today.
|  |  | | COLUMNISTS | | | G‑d commanded Moses to wage battle against the Midianites, after which he would pass away. But when it came time for Moses to forward the commandment to the Jewish people, the instruction went through some editing . . .
By Levi Avtzon |  | | | | Why are these forty-two pit stops referred to as "journeys," rather than "encampments"? Weren't each of these destinations milestones reached, not just locations left behind?
By Mendel Kalmenson | | | | | After the Jewish people were victorious in their war against the Midianites, Elazar the high priest taught them the laws of "kosherizing" food utensils taken from the spoils of the enemy. The reason for this immersion is to bring the vessel into the holy domain of the Jewish people . . .
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In the second haftorah of the "Trilogy of Tribulations" we learn how the prophet Jeremiah's rebuke of his contemporaries can teach us today how to turn criticism into a powerful catalyst for change. By Mendel Kaplan | | | | | Week In Rejew: Matot-Massei
The Itche Kadoozy show celebrates its 42nd season on the air, and Jono shows us some vintage clips from the very first season of the IKS. Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich | | | | | | | | | FEATURED AUDIO CLASSES | | | It was the tribes of Reuven and Gad that requested to settle in the land east of the Jordan; but in this week's Torah portion, half the tribe of Menasheh also receives their portion on the other side of the Jordan. Why? By Moshe New | | | | | A five minute weekly Torah insight based on the wellsprings of Torah and Chassidut. By J. Immanuel Schochet | | | | | | Follow Us:  Featured Judaica:  Witness to History
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