Thursday, 15 May, 2025
17 Iyar 5785
“Among the cities you shall give to the Levites, shall be six cities of refuge, which you shall provide [as places] to which a murderer can flee” Numbers 35:6
By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss
“Let the Eternal God, source of the breath of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” Numbers 27:16
By Rabbi Danny Rich
God happened upon Balaam, who stated, ‘I have set up the seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on each’” Numbers 23:4
By Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg
“You shall not lead this congregation into the land that I have given them” Numbers 20:12
By Rabbi Kathleen Middleton
“And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face” Numbers 16:4
By Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
“The people who inhabit the land are mighty, and the cities are extremely huge and fortified” Numbers 13:28
“We remember the fish we used to eat free in Egypt - the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and the garlic” Numbers 11:6
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“The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nachshon the son of Aminadav of the tribe of Judah” Numbers 7:12
“Take a census of the whole Israelite community” Numbers 1:2
“And I will grant peace in the Land, and you will lie down untroubled by anyone; I will remove wild beasts from the Land, and no sword will pass through your land| Leviticus 26:6
“You shall keep My Sabbaths” Leviticus 26:2
“No person of your offspring throughout the ages who has a defect shall {be qualified to} offer food to his God”
“You shall rise before a venerable person and you shall respect the elderly, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:32
“And the Eternal One spoke to Moses after the death םf the two sons of Aaron” Leviticus 10:1
“You will see My back, but My face shall not be seen” Exodus 33:23
“He should dwell outside of the tent for seven days” Leviticus 14:8
