Torah Classes

Chp. 2 verses 25 - 37: Moshe describes the conquest of the territory that belonged to Sechon. Chp. 3 verses 1 - 22: Continues with the conquest of the territory of Og.

Chp. 1 verses 1 & 2: Introduction, Moshe speaks to ALL the people 36 days before his death. He begins with a veiled rebuke of the misdeeds that the people made in these places.

Chp. 1 verses 27 - 45: Moshe continues with the story of the spies and the people's reaction. God tells them not to go up to the mountain but they go anyways and they are soundly defeated. they are sentenced to another 38 years in the desert. However, in His mercy God allows them to stay in Kadesh for 19 years before they have to travel.

Chp 29 verses 1 - 39: The chapter begins with the sacrifices brought on Rosh Hashanah. The chapter continues with Yom Kippur, then it discusses Succoth, and finishes with Shemini Atzeras. Chp. 30 verse 1 ends the portion with the words that " Moshe said to the Children of Israel according to all that God had commanded Moshe."

Chp. 27 verses 8 - 23: Finishes off the incident with the daughters of Tzelopchad. It continues with Moshe giving over his position of leadership to Yehoshua. He did so while he was still alive so that they would accept Yehoshua as their new leader. God told Moshe to place one of his hands on Yehoshua's head, but he placed both his hands as a sign of benevolence. He warned him to always lead the people and not have them lead him.

Chp. 28 verses 1 - 8: This chapter discusses the continual daily sacrifice, korban Tamid. The first sacrifice of the morning and the last sacrifice of the afternoon were the Korban Tamid.

Chp.25 verses 13 - 18, and Chp. 26 verses 1 - 4: Continues with the reward that Pinchas would receive for his act of zealousness. It mentions the name of the prince of the tribe of Shimon and the Midianite princes that he had killed. God commands Moshe to harass the Midianites since they were planning a sneak attack against the Jewish nation in retaliation for the death of their princess. Chp. 26 God commands Moshe and Elazar to count the people.

Chp. 26 verses 5 -34: Moshe and Elazar the high Priest count the tribes according to families. A HEH is placed at the beginning of each name and a YUD at the end of each name, which alludes to God and a testimony to their family purity.

Chp. 27 verses 1 - 7: This chapter deals with the righteous daughters of Tzelophehad. There are different opinions as to whom he really was. However,general consensus is that he was the '' the gatherer of the wood on the Shabbos." His daughters were requesting that Moshe give them their father's portion in the land of Israel as their inheritance, since he had no sons to inherit. Moshe gives their case over to God to judge. He tells Moshe that they are correct in their request and that is the law for the future. If a man has no sons then his daughters do inherit.

Chp. 26 verses 38 65: The conclusion of the count of the twelve tribes of Israel from the age of 20 - 60. G-d tells Moshe that to these that were counted the land would be divided. The division would take place through a lottery. The chapter ends with the count to the tribe of Levi, from the age of one month.