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Torah Reading
Numbers 1:1 - 4:20
Haftarah
Hosea 2:1 - 2:22
In this Torah portion, God tells Moses to conduct a census of all the Israelite men over the age of 20. Moses takes up a second census to count all of the Levite men. God gives specific instructions to the Levites about their roles in the Tent of Meeting.
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Parashat Bamidbar: When Women Are Invisible
How do we make sense of the census commanded in this Torah portion, which specifies only men be counted?