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.

Everyone counts in a Jewish community.

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

Learn more about the weekly Torah portion.

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

The open spaces of the wilderness can help us access inspiration.

The prohibition against the direct counting of the Israelites cautions us to remember the human faces behind abstract statistics.

The stage of journeying through the wilderness is an essential part of the transformation from slavery to freedom.