To read full text in English and Hebrew, click here: Numbers 1:1-4:20
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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 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 |
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| Spiritual Lessons of the Desert Rabbi Jack Bieler |
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From the Denominations |
Pluralism and Outreach
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| What is Parenting? Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish University |
Making Our Communities Inclusive Cantor Rachel Spilker, Women of Reform Judaism
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| Questioning Chronology Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union |
Self-Accounting in the Wilderness Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Big Tent Judaism |
| Through the Wilderness Rabbi Irwin Kula, CLAL |
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Family and Fun
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| Parashat B’midbar for Families Torah Topics for Today |
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| Order Versus Disorder Torah Topics for Today |
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| Learning from Adversity Torah Topics for Today |
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| Parashat B’midbar Quiz Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies |
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| Parashat B’midbar Challah Julie Seltzer |
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Avraham
Pronounced: AHVR-rah-ham, Origin: Hebrew, Abraham in the Torah, considered the first Jew.
Torah
Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses.
