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Aharon's and Miriam's Yahrtzeit
The Book of Numbers spans almost the entire 40 year period in the desert, documenting numerous events that occurred to the Jews as they wandered. I count only 5 dates mentioned in the text (listed in ...
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What does Rash"i add on B'midbar 2:20?
In describing the layout of B'nei Yisra'el's camp in the wilderness, the Torah records four groups (called d'galim) comprising 3 tribes each, and lists them in order, dictating a diagram of how they ...
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Why does parshat bamidbar repeat census information?
It seems that the 3rd aliyah in Bamidbar needlessly repeats the information given in the 1st and second aliyah
First Aliyah: Lists the leaders of each tribe
Second Aliyah: gives us the census ...
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