וַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים רַ֖ע בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יְהֹוָה֙ וַיִּ֣חַר אַפּ֔וֹ וַתִּבְעַר־בָּם֙ אֵ֣שׁ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַתֹּ֖אכַל בִּקְצֵ֥ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ 

וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע הָאֵֽשׁ׃ 

וַיִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא תַּבְעֵרָ֑ה כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֥ה בָ֖ם אֵ֥שׁ יְהֹוָֽה׃ 

וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ הִתְאַוּ֖וּ תַּאֲוָ֑ה וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ וַיִּבְכּ֗וּ גַּ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י יַאֲכִלֵ֖נוּ בָּשָֽׂר׃ 

זָכַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַדָּגָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַ֥ל בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם חִנָּ֑ם אֵ֣ת הַקִּשֻּׁאִ֗ים וְאֵת֙ הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִ֥יר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִֽים׃ 

וְעַתָּ֛ה נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ יְבֵשָׁ֖ה אֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל בִּלְתִּ֖י אֶל־הַמָּ֥ן עֵינֵֽינוּ׃  

Based on Rav Dessler, Rabbeynu HaAri and The Sefat Emet as elucidated by Rabbi Mansour, 

 It’s interesting that we read these portions when we come to the summer. Generally in the summer we hgo on vacation and when we are on vacation, we often go to different places to experience new things. It’s only natural to let down our guard, we sometimes purposely do so as we have a desire to experience things. But when we open the door to desire, then we open the door
possibly to much more. There’s a concept of being a glutton with the permission of the Torah. And we can often use the excuse that the expensive scotch, the rare wine, the rare Wagyu Tomahawk steak and fries with white truffle shavings are for a seudah mitzvah or they are set aside for Shabbat. But are those excuses to indulge all the time? Do we really need to plan a siyum and barbecue for every night of the 9 days? Rav Dessler in essence warns, if we start
to focus too much on the wine and the meats and the dips and the perfect olive oil and truffle, we venture onto a mountain with a potentially very slippery downward road.   

 Some problems in the text of our Parshah. 1) Why do Miriam and Aaron discuss Moses' wife precisely at this point of the wanderings of the Jewish people? Why did they reinforce their argument by saying 'did G'd not speak to us also?' 2) Why did G'd list four separate instances in which Moses 

Was superior, whereas concerning Miriam and Aaron only two such instances are listed? What is the difference between mar-eh and mar-ah? Why was Aaron not afflicted with skin disease,
tzora-at? 3) Aaron's plea to his brother Moses seems puzzling. (Chapter 12,11) How can he say 'please lay not sin upon us, for we have done foolishly and we have sinned?' It is obviously justified to consider Miriam and Aaron as having sinned? 4) Why do we need to be told that the people waited for Miriam to recover before continuing their journey? 

BASED ON: Rabbi Pinches Friedman - Aharon: Your Contribution Is Superior to Theirs - By Lighting the Menorah Aharon HaKohen Was Tasked with Restoring the Light of Hashem— the Neshamah —to the Body of a Sinner 

At the time of the transgression, the sinner is

categorized as a “beheimah” rather than an “adam.” After

performing teshuvah, he returns to the status of “adam.”

Therefore, he no longer deserves to be sacrificed as a korban;

instead, he is permitted to substitute an animal as a korban.

Regarding the question as to what sin did the animal commit,

we refer to the words of the Arizal. Within the sacrificial

animal is the gilgul of a “rasha,” who requires tikun for the very same transgression as the person offering the korban. Furthermore, we learned from the Yismach Moshe that when he sacrifices the animal, he is actually sacrificing a part of himself, because his tainted soul actually becomes part of the korban.

LaMenatzeach BeSurat hamenorah ... Imagine lighting below - Imagine being lit above by the angeal Michael. Each of us potential to rise up. Action below causes recation above.

We were guests of Lazer Scheiner who two years ago put up thirty million dollars and encouraged other wealthy donors to join in order to triple the Kollel check from $334 to $1,000 per month, plus a $750 yomtov bonus for Sukkos and Pesach. This campaign led to almost 4,000 kollel students receiving the large raise and the BMG Kollel budget increasing by almost $40 million to $57 million
a year.   

The Waiter: We celebrate sports heroes and rcok stars. You
celebrate the fact that these guys excelled in studies. We
have graduation top celebrate study, but who comes? Graduates
and family, You have 20,000 people here tonight to celebrate, support and encourage scholarship.

Thanks Rabbi Joey Haber 

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Rabbi Yishak Arama - Akeydat Yishak

The Golden Age of Spain 

The difficult years in Spain 

There is a verse in this week’s portion which seems to have a misplaced possesive. But on closer analysis every noun and pronoun lend powerful meaning.    

​ט וכל-תרומה לכל-קדשי בני-ישראל אשר-יקריבו לכהן לו יהיה: 

 “And every portion of Holies that the Children of Israel bring to a Kohen shal be his    

​י ואיש את-קדשיו לו יהיו איש אשר-יתן לכהן לו יהיה: 

. A man’s holies shall be his, and what he gives to a kohen shall be his” (Numbers 5:9-10). The question is obvious: if the holies shall be his then why are they the Kohen’s; and if they are the Kohen’s, as the Torah tells us, then why are they his?