Torah Classes

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. 8 verse 2 - chp. 9 verse 8: Begins with the service of the Menorah and how is was made. Continues with the induction of the Levites to replace the firstborns, and to assist the priests in the service of Hashem. Chp. 9 begins with the only Pesach that was observed by the nation in the desert. Those that were spiritually unclean complained to Moshe about their inability to bring the Pascal sacrifice. Moshe tells them to stand there and wait and he would confer with Hashem.

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. 7 verses 30 - 89: Continues with the sacrifices and gifts brought by the princes at the dedication of the Alter. Chp. 8 verses 1-2 begin the portion of Beha'alotecha.

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. 26 verses 1 - 22: There is a famine in the land. Yitzhok moves to Gerar the land of the Philistines. The people are jealous of his success and they ask him to leave. He re-digs the same wells that his father dug but there is contention. He then digs a third well which no one contends with.

Chp 27 verse 6 - chp 27 verse40: Rivkah tells Yaakov to dress as Esau and take his blessing, he is reluctant but she insists. Yitzhok, though not certain about his identity blesses Yaakov anyway with Esaus' blessing. Esau returns from the field and is distraught when he realizes that Yaakov took his blessing. Yaakov does manage to give Esau a blessing as well.