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How can it possibly be stated that the Jewish nation will be too numerous to count if we see clearly that they were counted? And who are the guardians of the Kodesh - spirituality and Torah - in our generations that compare to the Kohanim of yore? Along with a great vort on chinuch.
Why is vidui mentioned in regard to the commandment not to steal? Rabbi Rosenblum shares a powerful vort on using our abilities and potential to serve Hashem - and the implications of when we do not. And how could water, which mystically symbolized kindness, be the vehicle to punish a woman suspected of adultery? What does this teach us about the nature of punishment.
Aaron needed a small step in front of the menorah to be able to light it every day. But we know the menorah wasn't all that tall. What might be the symbolism of this? In addition, Moshe was known to be the humblest of all men. What does having this trait entail? This parsha covers all three siblings, with Miriam's special merit of saving all the children of Bnei Yisrael being called forward to help heal her.
The mishkan below didn't quite stand on it's own - it was a mirror of the fiery one on high. What does this tell us about its everlasting nature? What caused Eldad and Medad to prophesy that Moshe would die in the desert, and Yehoshua would take over? And why was Pesach Sheni mentioned through a group of righteous but unnamed people?
How could the desert generation of Jews have fallen so low by accepting the Lashon Horah of the spies? Think how easy it is for us now to say that if we were there we wouldn't have agreed that Eretz Yisrael is not a good place? Rabbi Rosenblum gives this tragic episode some interesting depth and scope by investigating classic commentaries to test us on how likely our resolve might really have been.
There are many angles to Korach's rebellion that set a particular approach to machlokes. After all, Korach was an extremely wise man - how could he have fallen so low? Learn abut true eyesight, ad the effect of tampering with the mitzvos, and how the root problem that caused B'nei Yisrael to sin with the spies contributed to their following Korach as well.
The Red Heifer is held up as the commandment that atones for the sin of the golden calf but how does something that affords purity from a contact with the dead possibly connect to that great sin? And how does amalek's treacherous attempt to fool Bnei Yisroel into thinking they were being attacked by a different nation and responding erroneously teach a great lesson about the disguises different people wear, and how to deal with them?