Parashat Matot-Masei

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

Awareness of the wholeness in the Torah opens our eyes to the wholeness of the world.

The first haftarah of oppression (for Parashat Matot or Parashat Pinhas), and the haftarah read by Sephardim for Parashat Shemot.

All people must know that they have value.

Everyone must have a safe place to be before anyone can feel at home.

The biblical "migrash" principle provides a response to urban sprawl.

What accounts for the negative correlation between material excess and awareness of the Divine?

Every step of the Israelites' journey is framed in relation with God.

Lessons from the biblical cities of refuge.

A lesson from the Torah's treatment of the Israelites' travels.