Parshat Masei is written like a traveler’s diary, journaling all of the places that B’nai Yisrael visited. The “journal” begins with the following words (Bamidbar 33:1): These are the journeys of B’nai Yisrael who went out of Egypt in organized groups under the...
In Parshat Masei (Bamidbar 33:52-53), we learn about the Mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel which includes purchasing property:You shall drive out all the inhabitants of the Land before you; and you shall destroy all their prostration stones; all their molten...
In Parshat Masei, Bamidbar 33:53, we are commanded to settle the Land of Israel: “Drive out the inhabitants of the Land and settle in it, because I have given this Land to you to possess.”According to Ramban, Nachmanides, it is a Mitzvah to settle the Land...
In Parshat Masei (Bamidbar 33:53) we learn about the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel:You shall possess the Land and you shall settle in it, for to you have I given the Land to possess it.The Mishna in Ketubot 110b discusses the right of a person to require...
The Talmud in Bava Batra 119b quotes a Braita which teaches:The daughters of Tzelophchad were wise, they were expounders of the Torah and they were righteous.We see from here, that the rabbis gave the daughters of Tzelophchad a lot of credit for approaching Moshe and...
In Parshat Masei (Bamidbar33:53) we are commanded: “Drive out the inhabitants of the land and settle in it, because I have given this land to you to possess.”Ramban (Nachmanides) believes that it is a positive commandment to dwell in the Land of Israel and...
This week’s Haftara (Yirmiyahu 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2), the second of the three Haftarot of destruction speaks about how God is bitter and angry at the Jewish people for worshiping other gods. They are told in 2:22, “Even were you to wash yourself with neter...
In Parshat Masei we read about the land that will be given to the Leviim, Levites (Bamidbar 35:2-5): Instruct B’nei Yisrael and have them give to the Leviim for their hereditary possession, cities in which to settle; and open space (migrash) for the cities all...
In loving memory of David B. Schwartz, Dov Ber ben Tzvi Zev z"l, on his Yahrzeit, 29 Tammuz Sponsored by his sister, Judy Schwartz Floam In Parshat Masei, Bamidbar 33:53 we are commanded: “Drive out the inhabitants of the land and settle in...
In Bamidbar 33:50-56 we read:God spoke to Moshe in the plains of Moav along the Yarden near Yericho saying: “Speak to B’nai Yisrael and say to them: ‘When you cross the Yarden to the Land of Cnaan, you must drive out the inhabitants of the land...
One of my favorite books is called Eleh Mas’ei by Dan Schwartz. Why do I love this book so much? Eleh Mas’ei is a collection of maps and satellite photos depicting the precise location of the places mentioned in the Torah. When we read Parshat...
In Parshat Masei, Bamidbar 33:50-52 we read: “God spoke to Moshe in the plains of Moav along the Yarden (Jordan) near Yericho (Jericho) saying: Speak to B’nai Yisrael and say to them: when you cross the Yarden to the land of C’naan, you must drive...
In Parshat Masei we are commanded to settle the Land of Israel: Bamidbar 33: 53 states: “And you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the Land and dwell in it: for I have given you the land to possess it.” In the days of the Patriarchs and...
Chapter 34 of Parshat Masei begins with the following words (Bamidbar 34:1-2): “God spoke to Moshe saying: Instruct (Tzav et) B’nai Yisrael and say to them: “When you come to the Land of C’naan, this is the land which will fall to you as...
This past week in Israel we have unfortunately heard the term "miklat", shelter used over and over again. Each time that a rocket is about to fall, the residents of the city under attack have to seek refuge in the shelters which were built specifically for this...
The source for the Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael, Settling the Land of Israel can be found in Parshat Masei.“Vehorashtem et HaAretz Viyashavtem Ba Ki Lachem Natati et HaAretz Lareshet Otah”,“You shall inherit the land and you shall settle it for to...