In Parshat Matot (Bamidbar 32:5) the tribes of Reuven and Gad ask Moshe “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land (the east bank of the Jordan) be given to your servants as a possession. Do not bring us over the Jordan.”Moshe answers:...
We read in Parshat Matot, Bamidbar 32:1: “The children of Reuven and the children of Gad had abundant livestock-very great. They saw the land of Yazer and the land of Gilad, and behold! The place was a place of livestock.”The tribes of Reuven and Gad...
In Parshat Matot (Bamidbar 32:1-5), we read about how the tribes of Reuven and Gad requested to settle in Transjordan rather than cross the Jordan into the Land of Israel with the rest of B’nai Yisrael:Very large herds belonged to the tribes of Reuven and...
In this week’s Haftara from Yirmiyahu, Chapter 1, we read about God choosing Yirmiyahu to become the prophet.In verse 10, God tells Yirmiyahu: “See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to smash, and to...
Although we are reading different Parshiot this Shabbat in Israel and outside of Israel, the Haftarot are the same, as this week’s Haftara is the first of the three Haftarot leading up to Tisha B’Av which prophecize the destruction of Jerusalem.When...
In Parshat Matot, the tribes of Reuven and Gad ask Moshe (Bamidbar 32:5): “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land (the east bank of the Jordan) be given to your servants as a possession. Do not bring us over the Jordan(to...
In Parshat Matot, Bamidbar 31:21, after the soldiers returned from the war with Midian the pasuk says: “Elazar HaCohen said to the soldiers who came to the war (habaim lamilchama): This is the statute of the Torah which God commanded Moshe…”...
In Parshat Matot (Bamidbar 31:3), we read “Moshe spoke to the people saying: ‘Hechaltzu me’itchem anashim letzava’, Arm men from among yourselves for the army that they may go against Midian…” Rav Moshe of Koznich comments...
Parshat Matot (Bamidbar 30:2-3) begins with the words “Moshe spoke to the tribal leaders (Roshei HaMatot) of B’nai Yisrael saying: ‘This is the word that God has commanded. If a man makes a vow to God or makes an oath to obligate himself, he may...
In Parshat Matot, the tribes of Reuven and Gad approach Moshe with a request (Bamidbar 32:5): “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land (the east bank of the Jordan) be given to your servants as a possession. Do not bring us over the Jordan (to the...