The genealogy of the tribes of Reuven, Shimon and Levi is found in Shmot, Chapter 6. In verse 25, we come across Pinchas’ lineage: Elazar, Aharon’s son, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Pinchas. It seems strange that Elazar’s wife is called...
In Parshat Pinchas, we read about the five daughters of Tzelophchad who loved the Land of Israel (even though they had not yet been there!). After hearing that only men would inherit land, they complained as they had no brothers and therefore their family would be...
In Parshat Pinchas, Bamidbar 26:55-56 we read:Only (ach) by lot should the land be divided, according to the names of their father’s tribes should they inherit it. By word of the lottery should this inheritance be divided, with regard to whether they are many or...
In Parshat Pinchas (Bamidbar 27:15-17) we read:Moshe spoke to the Lord, saying: “Let the Lord, God of the spirit of all flesh, appoint a man over the community who will go out before them and come in before them. Who will lead them out and bring them home. Let...
Parshat Pinchas presents the daughters of Tzelophchad who requested to inherit their father’s portions of land since he died without having any sons.In Parshat Masei, Bamidbar 36:6 we read the epilogue of the story: The daughters of Tzelophchad were permitted to...
In Honor of Josh and Sharona Halickman’s 26th Wedding AnniversaryThis week’s Haftara from Yirmiyahu 1:1-2:3 is the first of the three “Haftarot of Calamity” which are read between the 17th of Tamuz and Tisha B’Av. Although chapter one...
In Parshat Pinchas, we are reminded of the fact that the older generation (aside from Yehoshua and Calev) died out in the wilderness due to the sin of the spies and only the younger generation can enter the Land of Israel.Rashi (Bamidbar 26:64) states that there was...
In Honor of Sharona & Josh Halickman’s 23rd Wedding Anniversary When we speak about Chet HaMiraglim, the sin of the spies, we mention that Yehoshua and Calev were the only two of the twelve spies who did not bring a false report and they were therefore...
This Shabbat, we read the first of the Three Haftarot of Retribution which are read during the three weeks of mourning for the Beit HaMikdash (Temple). In Yirmiyahu 1:11-12 we read:And the word of God came to me saying:Yirmiyahu, what do you see?And I said,I see a rod...
This Shabbat in Israel we will read the Haftara about Eliyahu HaNavi from Melachim Alef (Kings I) 18:46-19:21. This Haftara will not be read outside of Israel this year, as next Shabbat when Parshat Pinchas will be read outside of Israel, we will be observing the...
This Shabbat we read the first of the three Haftarot of affliction which are read between the 17th of Tamuz (the day that the walls of Jerusalem were breached) and the 9th of Av (the day of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples). The Haftara from...
Do Not Rejoice When Your Enemy Falls At the end of Parshat Balak (Bamidbar 25 :7-8), in the midst of a plague which was brought about from B’nai Yisrael acting promiscuous and worshipping idols with the Moavite women, Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the...
In Parshat Pinchas we read about B’nai Yisrael’s inheritance of the Land of Israel. In Bamidbar 26:54 we read: “To the large tribe, increase their inheritance, and to the small, diminish their inheritance, each person according to his number,...
Sponsored in Honor of Sharona and Josh Halickman's15th Wedding Anniversary In Parshat Pinchas we read about a few different personalities who are rewarded for caring about the Land of Israel. Two of the personalities were Yehoshua Bin Nin and Calev Ben...
In Parshat Pinchas, Moshe is commanded to ordain Yehoshua, his successor in front of the congregation. In Bamidbar 27:18-20, Moshe is told to: take Yehoshua, lay your hand on him (vesamachta et yadcha), set him before Elazar and before the congregation…...
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Parshat Pinchas ends with a listing of the korbanot (sacrifices) which are brought to the Beit HaMikdash (Temple) on each of the holidays. At first glance, the list of the korbanot and the holidays seems out of place in a Parsha which deals with vengeance, enemies, a...
In Parshat Pinchas, God tells Moshe that he will not be entering the land of Israel. Moshe outlines the criterion that are needed for the next leader in Bamidbar 27:16-17: “Let God, the God of spirits appoint a man over the community (ish al haedah) who will go...