Masei 5777 – Borders and “Authentic” Judaism
צַ֞ו אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן זֹ֣את הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפֹּ֤ל לָכֶם֙ בְּֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִגְבֻלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ Instruct the
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Matot Masei 5776 – Life’s Journeys
This second part of this week’s Torah reading, Masei, begins with a bit of a travelogue. Eleh masei v’nai Yisrael,
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”But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come
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On June 25 Hamas terrorists killed 2 IDF soldiers and captured a third, Gilad Shalit. On June 28 the IDF
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These are the journeys of the people of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their
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