Torah Classes

Chp. 1 verses 1 - 14: Introduction, Moshe reviews the details of the travels of the nation from the going out from Egypt to the border of the Jordan, in the plains of Moav.

Chp. 28 verse 11 - Chp. 30 verse 1: Continues with the sacrifices brought on Rosh Chodesh. Next the laws of Pesach and its sacrifices and then Shevuos. Chp. 29 begins with the laws and the sacrifices of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippor, Succoth, and Shimini Atzerath.

Chp. 27 verse 15 - Chp. 28 verse 11: Hashem tells Moshe to appoint Yehoshua as his successor. Chp. 28 discusses the laws of the continual burnt offerings of the morning and the afternoon. Continues with the sacrifices brought on Shabbath.

Chp. 26 verse 23 - Chp. 27 verse 14: Continues with Moshe and Elazar counting the men of the tribes who would inherit the land. Continues with a count of the families of the tribe of Levi but they would not inherit a portion in the land. Chp. 27 continues with the daughters of Zelophehad asking for their father's portion in the land. Moshe asks Hashem for the answer to their question. The answer is yes and then Hashem teaches him about the laws of inheritance. G-d then tells Moshe to ascend mount Abarim to see the land which He had given to the children of Israel. Afterwards he would die just as Aaron had since they had sinned at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh.

Chp. 25 verse 9 - Chp. 26 verse 23: Introduction, Hashem tells Moshe to induct Pinchas into the priesthood as a reward, for his act of killing Zimri and Cosbi. Hashem then tells Moshe and Elazar the priest to count the men between the ages of 20 to 60 years of age. They counted them according to their families and names. This information would be used to divide the land according to a lottery.

Chp. 23 verse 18 - Chp. 24 verse 20: Once again Bilaam blesses the Jews instead of cursing them. Balak takes him to another location hoping that he would be more successful there. Bilaam then instructs him to build another seven alters and he sacrifices a bull and a ram on each. Chp. 24, Bilaam tries another method in the hope of being able to outsmart G-d and curse the Jews. Balak is furious and tells Bilaam to hurry back to his home. He reminds Balak that he had told him initially that he could only say what Hashem would tell him to say. He then gives him advice on how to make the Jews stumble through harlotry which is despicable in the eyes of Hashem. Bilaam then tells him a prophecy concerning the end of days.

Chp. 22 verse 29 - Chp. 23 verse 17: Continues with the story of Bilaam and his donkey. The angel warns him to say only that which G-d wants his to say. He comes to Moav and Balak takes him to Bamoth-baal where he could see part of the people. Chp. 23, Bilaam tells Balak to build him seven alters and he sacrifices a bull and a ram on each. He then goes to speak to Hashem in the hope of cursing the Jews but instead Hashem tells him to bless them. Balak is not happy and so he takes him to another location in the hope of having better results. Balak builds another seven alters and offers another seven bulls and rams. Bilaam returns with the words of Hashem.

Chp. 22 verses 1 - 29: Introduction, Balak the king of Moav fears the Jewish Nation. He sends a delegation to hire Bilaam to curse them. On the way to Moav an angel stands in the road to kill him but only his donkey sees the angel. Miraculously the donkey speaks to Bilaam after he hits it three times.

Chp. 24 verse 20 - Chp. 25 verse 9: Continues with Bilaam's prophecy of the end of days. They both go their own way. Chp. 25, The Moabite women seduce the Jewish men in Shittim, and cause them to serve and bow down to their gods. Hashem tells Moshe to have the heads of the people judge those who served the Baal Peor and and execute them, and so they did. A man brought a Midianite women before Moshe while all the people wept. Pinchas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took his spear and killed them both in the tent. This brought an end to the plague in the camp. Twenty four thousand men died by the plague.

Chp. 21 verses 20 - 35: Continues with the song of praise to Hashem. Moshe sends messengers to Sichon the king of the Amorites to allow them to pass through his land. He refuses and attacks them. He is defeated and all his lands are taken by the Jews. They then turn their attention to Og the king of Bashan and Hashem tells Moshe not to fear him. He too is defeated and his lands are possessed by the Jewish nation.