Category: 4 – Numbers – 06 – Chukas

• Moses and the Rock

  Photos via Pexels. I saved this post multiple times as I wrote it. Just as I was about to publish it, nearly the entire thing disappeared. I assume the message is over the spiritual target and am rewriting it. It’s interesting to me that we all read the Bible and talk about its lessons, and yet…

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  July 9, 2022

  04 – Numbers, 4 – Numbers – 06 – Chukas, General

• Parshas Chukat: Faith and Our Flawed Need To Know It All

  This past week we read a double portion in the Bible: Chukat and Balak (Numbers 19:1-25:9). Here we focus on the first one. Chukat – "the laws of" – "chok" – "law that has no logical explanation, you just do it." This portion relates the laws of the red heifer and contact with the dead.…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 8, 2020

  04 – Numbers, 4 – Numbers – 06 – Chukas

• Parshat Chukat-Balak: Rebellion Cannot Stop What Is Coming

  Think broadly about rebellion. Think about it as a spectrum, from simple disobedience to full-on treason. In terms of simple disobedience, we have the difficult, quarrelsome Israelites in the desert constantly rebelling against Moses’ leadership. The Jews complain about the lack of water, bitterly and loudly. God tells Moses to speak to a rock and…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 7, 2020

  04 – Numbers, 4 – Numbers – 06 – Chukas, 4 – Numbers – 07 – Balak

• Parshas Chukas: Faith or Criminality

  This week: Parshas Chukas (Numbers 19:1–22:1) ✅ The red heifer✅ Moses hits the rock and is barred from entering the Land of Israel ✅ Terrifying, vicious, venom-filled snakes attack the Jews✅ Battle of Sichon and Og 2) Supplemental reading for today is Judges 11:1-33. The Jews are attacked by the Ammonites. In response they try…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 14, 2019

  04 – Numbers, 4 – Numbers – 06 – Chukas