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In this week’s Torah portion we are looking at Numbers 19:1–22:1
Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body.
After forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of Israel arrive in the wilderness of Zin.
Miriam dies, and the people thirst for water.
God tells Moses to speak to a rock and command it to give water. Moses gets angry at the rebellious Israelites and strikes the stone. Water issues forth, but Moses is told by the Lord that neither he nor Aaron will enter the Promised Land.
Aaron dies at Mt Hor and is succeeded in the high priesthood by his son Elazar.
Venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp after yet another eruption of discontent in which the people “speak against God and Moses”; God tells Moses to place a brass serpent upon a high pole, and all who will gaze heavenward will be healed. The people sing a song in honour of the miraculous well that provided them water in the desert.
Moses leads the people in battles against the Amorite kings Sihon and Og (who seek to prevent Israel’s passage through their territory) and conquers their lands, which lie east of the Jordan.
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By Greg CummingIn this week’s Torah portion we are looking at Numbers 19:1–22:1
Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body.
After forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of Israel arrive in the wilderness of Zin.
Miriam dies, and the people thirst for water.
God tells Moses to speak to a rock and command it to give water. Moses gets angry at the rebellious Israelites and strikes the stone. Water issues forth, but Moses is told by the Lord that neither he nor Aaron will enter the Promised Land.
Aaron dies at Mt Hor and is succeeded in the high priesthood by his son Elazar.
Venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp after yet another eruption of discontent in which the people “speak against God and Moses”; God tells Moses to place a brass serpent upon a high pole, and all who will gaze heavenward will be healed. The people sing a song in honour of the miraculous well that provided them water in the desert.
Moses leads the people in battles against the Amorite kings Sihon and Og (who seek to prevent Israel’s passage through their territory) and conquers their lands, which lie east of the Jordan.
Portion Overview
Encyclopedia
First Fruits of Zion
Hebrew4Christians
Sefaria Portion
Targum Jonathan (1st Century)
Midrash Rabbah
Midrash Tanchuma – 500-800CE
Rabbi Commentary
Rabbi Gordon Audio
Daily Commandments
How Snakes Help us Confront our Fears
Why Did Moses Hit The Rock?
Other Portion Videos
Why did Moses, Aaron and Miriam not enter the land of Israel?
More Colouring In
Musical Midrash
If you have songs to share please contact us.
Water from the rock
Beer Battered BBQ Schnitzel
Chuqat Midrash 2021
Chuqat 2020
The Red Heifer – Ps Kyal Cumming
The Red Heifer
The Ramp To The Mount of Olives
The Bronze Serpent on a Pole
Job’s Spring Tabgha -Miriam’s Well
Mt Hor
The Valley of Arnon
The Kingdom of Moab
The Kingdom of Moab and the Amorites
The Different Types Of Commandments (Mitzvot)

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