Rabbi Stein looks at various ways of counting individuals for a minyan while being mindful of the prohibition of directly counting Jewish people.

Rabbi Stein looks at how the Israeli government and contemporary halachic authorities navigate the apparent prohibition against conducting a direct census.

Rabbi Kanefsky suggests that the Levites' reaction to their exclusion from the original census may have set the stage for their special role in the Temple.

Rabbi Stein examines the views of contemporary halachic authorities regarding the conducting of a direct census of the Jewish people.

When King David conducted a census of the Jewish people, a plague ensued immediately afterward. Rabbi Stein examines the reasons why.

Rabbi Kanefsky explains how the command to count the Jewish people contains both a link to the past and an eye to the future.

Rabbi Stein begins a discussion of the proper, and improper ways to conduct a census of the Jewish people.

Rabbi Kanefsky looks at the end of Parshat Bechukotai where an attempt is made to assess a financial value to individual people.

Rabbi Stein derives a profound lesson about life balance from the story of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai.

Rabbi Kanefsky points out an odd phrase found in the collection of blessings listed in Parshat Bechukotai.