Parashat Bamidbar

How do we make sense of the census commanded in this Torah portion, which specifies only men be counted?

With uncertainty comes unparalleled potential for expanding our horizons.

When we build order into our lives, we begin to manage the seemingly overwhelming tasks.

Eternal bread.

Everyone counts in a Jewish community.

Bamidbar: A resource for families.

Today's global migrants, like our peripatetic forebears, are suspended in the precarious place between a difficult past and a hopeful future.

Though betrayed by Israel's unfaithfulness, God will reconcile with the people like a husband who cannot stop loving his wife.

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

There is more than one meaning behind the counting in Bamidbar.