Category: 4 – Numbers – 09 – Matos

• The Cabal Will Never Find Eternal Life: “God Executed Judgment On Their Gods”

  

  This week’s Torah portion is Maatos-Maasei (Numbers 30:2-36:13). Part of the portion talks about the dozens of “journeys and encampments” of the Jewish people in the desert before entering the Holy Land to conquer it. Prior to reading the Torah portion, I had read the following–a Telegram post highlighting how the Egyptians tried to bury…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 30, 2022

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• Sanctuary Cities and Inner Exile – Parshas Maatos-Maasei

  This week’s Torah portion talks about the commandment to create sanctuary cities for those who have committed negligent homicide. They’re sort of “living with the monks” (actually the Levites) for safety from the vengeful family of the victim — until the High Priest dies. At that point they go free. So what happens in the…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 18, 2020

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• The Streets Will Not Be Safe For Them (Parshas Maatos-Maasei)

  VIdeo link: https://youtu.be/YJ7PYer-v3g This week’s Torah portion, Parshas Maatos-Maasei (in Numbers) talks about this commandment to the Jewish people to create these sanctuary cities. And I know as soon as we hear sanctuary cities, we think of illegal immigrants being protected from deportation. But that’s not what it’s about at all. There were these six…

  dannielleblumenthal

  July 18, 2020

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