Parashat Mattot

Sunday, July 13, 2014 · Posted in , , ,

BaMidbar 30:2 - 36:13

[Eretz Yisrael]

  • The laws of personal vows are detailed
  • Battle with Midyan
  • Moshe instructs the soldiers regarding the applicable laws of Tumah
  • The laws of how to make kosher our vessels
  • Moshe is approached by the Tribes of Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe to acquire the Trans-Jordan territories captured from Sichon and Og
  • Moshe instructs the Benei Yisrael to clear out Eretz Yisrael from all negative influences, and sets the Biblical boundaries of Eretz Yisrael
  • New leaders are appointed to oversee the division of Eretz Yisrael
  • The laws regarding the inadvertent murderer are detailed
  • Prohibition against marrying outside one's tribe is established. This prohibition was only for the generation that occupied Eretz Yisrael.

Video Shiur by Rabbi Pinchas Winston on Parashat Mattot (and Massei) [Part 1 & 2]

Rabbi Winston uses this week's portion to help understand the meaning of the Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av.



Video Shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on Parashat Mattot

The Transjorden And The Lesson Of Being Maaver Sedra


Video Shiur by Rabbanit Iris Odani Elyashiv on Parashat Mattot




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Parashat Pinchas

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 · Posted in , , , , , ,

BaMidbar 25:10 - 30:1

[Daughters of Tzelafchad]

 Parashat Summary
  • Pinchas is rewarded for killing the Hebrew and the Midiani woman who cursed G-d.
  • Yisrael fights a war against the Midiani.
  • A second census is taken.
  • The daughters of Tzelafchad force a change in the laws of property inheritance.
  • Yehoshua is chosen to be Moshe's successor. 
  • The sacrificial ritual for all festival occasions is described in detail.

Video Shiur by Rabbi Pinchas Winston on Parashat Pinchas

Rabbi Winston discusses why Pinchas became a kohen and how, as well as his transformation to Eliyahu HaNavi.




Video Shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on Parashat Pinchas:

Eliyahu HaNavi – A Necessary Blast From The Past


Women's Shiurim


Video Shiur by Rabbanit Iris Odani Elyashiv on Parashat Pinchas:


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Parashat Balak

Saturday, June 28, 2014 · Posted in , , , ,

BaMidbar 22:2 - 25:9


 Parashat Summary

  • Balak, the king of Moav, persuades the prophet Balaam to curse the Benei Yisrael so that he can defeat them and drive them out of the region.  Balaam blesses the Benei Yisrael instead.
  • Balaam prophesies that Yisrael's enemies will be defeated.
  • G-d punishes the Benei Yisrael with a plague for consorting with the Moavi women and their god. 
  • The plague is stayed after Pinchas kills an Hebrew man and his Midiani woman.

Video Shiur by Rabbi Pinchas Winston on Parashat Balak


Rabbi Winston discusses the reason why Balak and Bilaam were compelled to stop the Jewish people from entering Eretz Yisrael even though Moav and Midyan were not part of the nations destined to be conquered.



Video Shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on Masechet Berachot: The Desire to Put Parashat Balak into the Shema'



Women's Shiurim

Video Shiur by Rabbinit Iris Odani Elyashiv on Parashah Balak




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