A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: NASO (NUMBERS  4:21-7:89)

NASO (NUMBERS  4:21-7:89) By Joy Scott, Am Haskalah Congregant This week’s Torah Parsha (NASO) begins with a continuation of last week’s Parsha (BAMIDBAR); completing the census of the Children of Israel, and assigning the intricate details of the tasks to be performed by each individual tribe, in the transporting of the Tabernacle. With 176 verses, […]

A ‘Bissel’ of Torah: BAMIDAR (NUMBERS 1:1-4:20)

BAMIDAR (NUMBERS 1:1-4:20) By Joy Scott,  Am Haskalah Congregant Last week, we concluded the reading of the Book of LEVITICUS, with the reading of Parsha  (BECHUKOTAI). This week, we begin the Book of NUMBERS, with plans to dismantle the Tabernacle, and to re-build it further into the wilderness. In the second year of the EXODUS, […]