Moses counts 603,550 men of draftable age 20 to 60 years. Parashat hashavua chukat 2002 5762 when you come to talk, talk. Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body. Speak to the children of israel and they shall take for you an unblemished totally red. Commentary 2 parshat bo this weeks parsha is one of the three or four torah portions most central to the jewish narrative.
The new book by rabbi lord jonathan sacks out on 12th march 2020. This is the statute of the law which the lord has commanded numbers 19. Parashat chukat describes so many seemingly unrelated events, yet it is the profound fundamental truth contained in the commandment of the red heifer parah adumah that ties. Family edition is a new and exciting initiative from the office of rabbi sacks read more. The hitting of the rock occurred and moshe and aharon were refused entry into eretz yisroel. There are some halachic authorities who maintain that there is a biblical requirement for everyone to hear the. After forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of israel arrive in the wilderness of zin. One with understanding will see in that lesson numerous remarkable references to the vision. This is one of many mitzvot in the torah that one may feel to be incomprehensible, others being the mitzvah of the two goats on yom kippur vayikra 16. Speak to the children of israel and they shall take for you an. The parsha weekly torah portion for the week ending june 19 is chukat. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the torah will help us more fully.
In this torah portion, god instructs moses and aaron regarding the red heifer. This week we have a double torah portion, chukatbalak, and so we read the hafarah for balak, from the book of micah. Dvar torah on parshat chukat parashat hashavua chukat 2018 5778 we need to talk. The power of a curse beharbechukotai 5780 download the accompanying family edition here. Parshat chukat 5779 education hub partners detroit. Overview for parshah chukat interpolated translation for parshah chukat. Go up since for each aliya, one person goes up to make a bracha blessing on the torah reading. When you start to read the book of deuteronomy, you immediately notice that this is a unique book, written in a style that is quite different from what weve encountered up until now in genesis, exodus, leviticus, or numbers.
Parshat vaetchanan a relationship with the infinite. In fact, the talmud states that of all the taryag mitzvot 6. Oi has the same root as the hebrew words aima terror, and iyum threat. We are familiar with this phenomenon already from the earliest stories in the torah. An interpolated translation and commentary based on the works of the lubavitcher rebbe. God said to moses and aaron, speak to the sons of israel and find a completely red cow on which there. Weekly torah portion summary, questions, resources 06292012 10. Preorder here sacks has produced a work of extraordinary depth, beauty, urgency, and erudition.
Haftarah parshat hukkat fuchsberg jerusalem center for. Next post every step counts, but some more parshat chukat 5779. Torah parashah chukat assembly of calledout believers. When the beit hamikdash the holy temple was razed to the ground, the book of eicha lamentations 5.
Moses is taught the laws of the red heifer, whose ashes purify a person who has been contaminated by contact with a dead body after forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of israel arrive in the wilderness of zin. He studied cultural anthropology in bogota, and lived twenty years in chicago working as a. This collection of prophecies can be a bit confusing, as its not exactly clear which historical events form the context for the preaching, but for today, its enough to know that the basic. Tell the israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. Jamie polliard june 29, 2017 jewish life comments off on parshanut the genesis of jewish culture. Chukat means decree in hebrew and is the ninth word and first distinctive word in the portion. The hufftorah is an overview of the torah reading of the week, which is found in the book of numbers 19. In response to this, hashems policy was to incite foreign nations into war with the jewish people. The well dried up and the nation gathered against moshe and aharon to complain 3rd aliya. The shabbat before parshat hachodesh is parshat parah.
Parshat chukat outside israel, parshat chukat is read with parshat balak on the week ending july 15, 2000 12 tamuz 5760 in israel for the week ending july 8, 2000 5 tamuz 5760. In our shiur on parshat naso, we discussed the unique style of sefer bamidbar where its ongoing narrative is periodically interrupted by parshiot of mitzvot. Torah reading, haftarah, links to audio and commentary. Order now uk order now row, except uscanada out in the uscanada on 1st september 2020. Bcbm 40 bmp shiurim 7 contemporary halacha 1 daily shiur 32 fifteen minute parsha 1 five minute middah 1 five minute parsha laining 15 masmidim honors program 1 ten minute chassidus 1 ten minute halacha 5 ten minute rashi 1 ten minute torah 3. Moshe requested from edom permission to travel through their land on.
The water was named meribah, meaning quarrel or contention. Often times, this is the shabbat following purim, but sometimes it can be on the second weekend after purim. This ritual is considered chok within the jewish tradition, meaning that it makes no rational sense. Chukat presents the mysterious laws of the redheifer ceremony for purification after contact with human death. We are not dealing here with standard devices names, charms, incantations, but with special and unique means that resulted from a special revelation of gds will. We present here the beginning of that vision, with some of reb nosons corresponding comments. When the jews are in need of water, moses strikes a rock despite being commanded to talk to it. They replace the firstborn, whose number they approximated, since they were disqualified when they participated in the. At sinai, the torah was given as a great sound that does not cease devarim 8.
The shabbos torah reading is divided into 7 sections. After forty years of journeying through the desert, the people of israel arrive in the wilderness of. The sin of mei merivahthoughts on parshat chukat jun 27, 2014, 5. Moshe, the rock, and leadership and life styles 22. Parashat chukat describes so many seemingly unrelated events, yet it is the profound fundamental truth contained in the commandment of the red heifer parah adumah. But why do we need laws to create a system of purity and impurity in the first place.
Parashat hashavua chukat 2018 5778 we need to talk. Parshat devarim inaugurates the book of deuteronomy, the fifth book of the torah. Bcbm 40 bmp shiurim 7 contemporary halacha 1 daily shiur 32 fifteen minute parsha 1 five minute middah 1 five minute parsha. The silence between the words the philosopher theodor adorno speaks about. There is another point of view, expressed in this portion, chukat, which indicates that the peoples birthplace is in the wilderness. Miriam, moses sister, passes away in the fortieth year in the wilderness. Each of us is a reflection of gods truth from our own, personal perspective. The name is derived from the second verse of the reading. Like all the essential aspects of living, it doesnt make sense, it makes life. As opposed to eidottestimonies and mishpatimlaws, that can be sensibly understood. This is taken from onkelos aramaic translation of the second verse in parshat chukatbamidbar 19.
The sin of mei merivahthoughts on parshat chukat joshua. In this weeks torah reading, parashat balak, we read a riveting story of the diviner, balaam. The book of shoftim, is replete with experiences during which the jewish people followed the foreign influences of their canaanite neighbors. The fast day was therefore established on erev shabbat preceding the reading of parshat chukat. Parashat bo commentary 2 parshat bo this weeks parsha is one of the three or four torah portions most central to the jewish narrative. Waters stream forth, but moses is banned from entering israel. There is another point of view, expressed in this portion, chukat. Parashat bo commentary 2 parashat bo commentary 2 parshat bo this weeks parsha is one of the three or four torah portions most central to the jewish narrative. Israels declaration of independence states that the land of israel is the birthplace of the jewish people. Jul 12, 2019 the commentary says that in the merit of miriams taking care of the babies and giving them water that the well came in her honor. Chukat, hukath, or chukkas hebrew for decree, the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah is the 39th weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the sixth in the book of numbers. Moses is told that by talking to the rock stony matter may be turned to flowing spirit.
Miriam, whose death is recorded in parashat chukat, embodied the honor and glory of the women of israel. The torahs second incident reported about miriam is how she stood by moshes basket to see what would happen to him as it moved down the river. The laws of the parah adumah the red heifer, are detailed. Shoftim 11 this weeks haftorah sheds a ray of light on our dark and troublesome exile. How many different opinions can your recall that explain what moshe did wrong at the mei meriva incident. Jewish views of the afterlife a topic which has been the subject of many books of late. The commentary says that in the merit of miriams taking care of the babies and giving them water that the well came in her honor. There are some halachic authorities who maintain that there is a biblical requirement for everyone to hear the torah reading on the shabbat of parshat parah. This weeks torah reading, chukat, begins with a discussion regarding the laws of the red heifer. Instruct the israelite people to bring you a red cow without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid. Moses calculates that actions are stronger than words. Dvar torah parshat chukat 5771 2011 on june 30, 2011 june 30, 2011 by aaron in 4bamidbar, chukat, everything leave a comment we read that the israelites in the wilderness complained to moshe that they were tired of eating the manna. Questions and concepts for parsha chukat numbers 19. Continue reading download an mp3 of the audio commentary.
Last weeks torah parashat korach established the authority of moses not reuben as the leader of israel, and the authority of aaron not the other sons of kehat as gods chosen priestly line. Parashat chukat quick summary hebrew for christians. And the lord spake unto moses and unto aaron, saying, this is the ordinance of the law which the lord hath commanded, saying, speak unto the children of israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. Now, there is only one way to become purified of this level of impurityspecifically through the ashes of a red cow, as it states in the beginning of this weeks parshah. The call of the void the famed red heifer is a key part of a biblical purification process.