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B'midbar

Numbers 1:1-4:20

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  • 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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    census
    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

     


    Family and Fun


    Parashat B'midbar for Families
    Torah Topics for Today

     

    Parashat B'midbar Quiz
    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

     

    Parashat B'midbar Challah
    Julie Seltzer

     

     

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