Torah Classes

Chp. 11 verse 18 - chp. 12 verse 16: Hashem tells Moshe that He will give them meat for a month until it comes out of their nostrils because they complained. He tells Moshe to gather the seventy elders around the Mishkan and Hashem placed the spirit of Moshe upon them, and they began to prophecise. Eldad and Medad begin to prophecise. The quail fell on the camp in great numbers, and many people died. The place was called Kibroth-hattaavah. Chp. 12, Miriam and Aaron speak loshon hara about Moshe. Hashem rebukes them and Miriam is stricken with leprosy. Moshe prays for her recovery. She is quarantined for seven days and the people wait for her to recover before they travel.

Chp. 10 verse 28 - chp. 11 verse 18: Moshe tries to convince his father in law to stay with the nation. They traveled for three days from the mountain and the Ark traveled a three day journey in front of them. Continues with the two famous verses that we say when we take out or bring in the Torah to the Ark in the synagogue. Chp. 11 tell us about the murmurers, and Hashem punishes them with fire. The people complain about a lack of meat, and the Mann. Moshe complains to Hashem about his burden of taking care of the people, and that he cannot do it alone. G-d tells him to gather seventy elders, and that He would take some of the spirit of Moshe and place it on them and they would help him with the people. Also to tell the people that the next day He would give them meat.

Chp. 9 verse 7 - Chp. 10 verse 28: Hashem tells Moshe about the laws of Pesach Sheni. Description of the cloud and the fire that hovered over the Mishkan day and night. By the word of G-d they traveled and camped. this they were shown by the cloud that rested on the Mishkan. Chp. 10, Moshe is commanded by G-d to make to silver trumpets, to assemble the people or the princes,and to make them travel. The priests were also commanded to blow trumpets throughout the generations in times of war and in times of gladness of the holidays. Continues with the travels of the nation in the second year, and how the camps traveled.

Chp. 6 verses 26-27 - Chp. 7 verse 29: Chp. 6 concludes the priestly blessings. Chp. 7, after Moshe erects the Mishkan, the Torah describes the sacrifices and gifts brought by each of the princes on the twelve days of the consecration of the Alter.

Chp. 6 verses 1 - 25: Chapter describes the laws of the Nazir; one who refrains from wine, cutting his hair, and contact with the dead, and all the laws connected with him. Continues with the priestly blessings.

Chp. 5 verses 10 - 31: Continues with the laws of first fruits, and Terumah which the owner gives to which ever priest he chooses. Next is the law of the Sotah. She is the woman who is accused by her husband of secluding herself with another man after being warned in front of witnesses not to do so. She is taken to the Temple where the ritual of the "bitter waters are performed."(Sotah)

Chp. 4 verse 21 - chp. 5 verse 9: Introduction, begins with the count of the family of Gershon, and a description of their duties in the Mishkan. Continues with the count of the family of Merari, and a description of their duties in the Mishkan. Then a total count of all the Levites. Chp. 5, now that the three camps were defined, some of the laws of defilement of the camps are discussed. Continues with one who steals and swears falsley, and the fifth that he must pay. Then regarding the property stolen from a convert which is given to the priests.

Chp. 4 verses 12 - 20: Continues with the description of the duties of the family of Kehath. Finishes with a stern warning for them to follow the directions given by Moshe and Aaron from Hashem so that they don't die.

Chp. 3 verse 1 - chp. 4 verse 12: Introduction to Aaron and his sons that would serve as priests in the Mishkan. The command to Moshe from Hashem to designate the tribe of Levi to serve the priests in the Mishkan, as substitutes for the firstborn Israelites. By Hashem's command Moshe counts the three families of the Levites, by their individual families. He designates which direction they would camp and what their duties would be. Chp. 4 Moshe counts the family of Kehath and describes their duties.

Chp. 1 verse 47 - chp. 2 verse 34: The Levites are counted separately since they would serve Hashem in the Mishkan. Chp. 2 describes how the tribes camped and traveled in the desert, their numbers, and their flags.