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Numbers 1:1-4:20

In this Torah portion, God tells Moses to conduct a census of all the Israelite males over the age of twenty. Moses takes up a second census to count all of the Levite males. God gives specific instructions to the Levites about their roles in the Tent of Meeting.

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Moses conducted a census of the Israelites.

Text Studies	Social Action and Environmentalism
Making Sense of the Census Rabbi Leslie Bergson, Hillel	A Wandering People Rachel Farbiarz, AJWS
A Map of Pluralism Rabbi Neal Loevinger, KOLEL	Two Halves of a Whole Rabbi Dorothy Richman, AJWS
Naming Names Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Union for Reform Judaism	On Child Soldiering Noam Katz, AJWS
	Standing Guard Rabbi Phil Miller, socialaction.com
	Spiritual Lessons of the Desert Rabbi Jack Bieler

From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
What is Parenting? Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity	Making Our Communities Inclusive Cantor Rachel Spilker, Women of Reform Judaism
Questioning Chronology Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union	Self-Accounting in the Wilderness Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Initiative
	Through the Wilderness Rabbi Irwin Kula, CLAL

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