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Tag Archives: Samson
Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
Note: Since Shavuot is only one day in Israel, Naso was read last week there. Comments are from 2018, with a 2020 addendum to my hair history. Suspected adultery! Hair*! Samson! All this and more this week! *Scroll past the … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Talmud, census, guilt offering, hair, Levites, Maimonides, Mishnah, Mishneh Torah, Naso, Nazirite, Nehama Leibowitz, numbers, priestly benediction, R. Yohanan ben Zakkai, Samson, Samuel, Sotah, stream of consciousness, suspected adultery, tabernacle, test, tribal gifts, Umberto Cassuto
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Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
Still transitioning into full summer mode. My only scheduled activity is Read Aloud Delaware. No classes, rehearsals, or lessons, but somehow there’s always something else to work on, like Torah and haftarah readings, the Book of Ruth, never-ending decluttering… From … Continue reading
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Tagged amor, census, hair, jealousy, Kohanim, Levites, Nachmanides, Naso, Nazirite, priestly benediction, Rabbi Yissocher Frand, Rav Moshe Dovid Valle, Samson, Samuel, Sotah, tribal gifts, Vulcan salute
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Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89)
Suspected adultery! Hair*! Samson! All this and more this week! *Scroll past the comments for my own hair history. “More” is right. At 176 verses, this is the longest single weekly Torah portion. There appear to be several topics, but … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, census, hair, jealousy, Levites, Maimonides, Mishna, Naso, Nazirite, Nehama Leibowitz, priestly benediction, retirement, Samson, Sotah, Umberto Cassuto
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Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
This week’s Torah portion is the longest single portion in the annual cycle, 176 verses. There’s a lot of repetition in Ch. 7, which hammers home that every single tribe gave identical gifts for the dedication of the Tabernacle, listing … Continue reading
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Tagged hair, identical gifts, jealousy, Levites, Nazirite, numbers, Samson, Sotah, stream of consciousness, tabernacle, tribes
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Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89)
Thank you all for your good wishes concerning my son’s graduation! We are happy, proud, and relieved (no more tuition!). I am having a great deal of difficulty concentrating at the moment for no discernible reason. Maybe lack of sleep. … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, hair, jealousy, Levites, Maimonides' levels of charitable giving, Naso, Nazirite, numbers, priestly benediction, Samson, Sotah, tabernacle
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Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89)
At 176 verses, Naso is the longest single Torah portion of the year. However, there’s a lot of repetition in the 89 verses of Chapter 7, which include the 12 identical tribal gifts presented over 12 days at the dedication … Continue reading
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Tagged gifts, hair, jealousy, Levites, Nazirite, numbers, priestly benediction, restitution, Samson, Sotah, tribes
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