This week's Torah portion is Parshas Bamidbar.

This week's Parsha Perspective is dedicated in honor of the wedding of my dear sister Chana to Yossi Mendlewicz. May Hashem bless them both with much health, happiness, and success in building a Beis Nemon B'Yisroel.

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The book of Bamidbar takes up the story as we left at the end of the book of Shemos. The Jewish people traveled from Egypt to Mt. Sinai, where they received the Torah. Now they are ready to travel through the desert to the promised land.

Our Parsha begins with Hashem commanding Moshe to count every Jewish man from the ages of 20 to 60. The number totaled to 603,550, excluding the tribe of Levi. They were counted separately and from just one month old totaling to 22,000.

We find out why Hashem had the Jewish nation counted for the third time in the same year.

We learn the power of an individual when they join a community.