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All blog posts / Torah portions that relate to Numbers can be found here. You can search for a specific Torah Portion under the 'Archive' page.
![The Poetics of the Law and the Book of Numbers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/eb48a7_8051554c273449b8a4901dace646817b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_300,h_297,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/eb48a7_8051554c273449b8a4901dace646817b~mv2.webp)
stephenhindes
Jul 12, 20235 min read
The Poetics of the Law and the Book of Numbers
In 1993, Mary Douglas noted that the Book of Numbers was among the least explored books in the Bible. Although some time has passed since...
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![Phineas: Being A Zealot According To The Bible](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7897ea_a9dbd6f0fa5b47a2885efbbeffd4b691~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7897ea_a9dbd6f0fa5b47a2885efbbeffd4b691~mv2.webp)
Stephen HRM
Jul 21, 20226 min read
Phineas: Being A Zealot According To The Bible
Being a Zealot according to the Bible Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 There is good reason to believe that Pinchas was to be the successor of Moses....
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![Parashat Naso: The Adulteress](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/843a1082d0584b5198e11359c7a64de0.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/843a1082d0584b5198e11359c7a64de0.webp)
Jason HRM
Jun 22, 201913 min read
Parashat Naso: The Adulteress
I couldn’t help myself from taking the easy way out this week. We could start in Numbers 4 and begin with the census of the Levites and...
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![Phineas: The Broken Man](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7897ea_58a6150df5f74c58aee8c7a010c6b3bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7897ea_58a6150df5f74c58aee8c7a010c6b3bd~mv2.webp)
Jason HRM
Jul 21, 201719 min read
Phineas: The Broken Man
Torah Portion Phineas 25:10 – 30:1 Context In order to grasp the context of the situation we find ourselves in, we will start at the...
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Don HRM
Jul 20, 20174 min read
Mattot - Masa'ei
Mattot (Tribes) Masa’ei (Stages) Mattot always falls during the intense period of communal mourning and repentance which is referred to...
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Jason HRM
Jul 8, 20174 min read
Torah Portion Balak: 'The Amazing Singular Pronoun'
Numbers 22:2 - 25:9 Sadly, I have not had time this week to prepare a study for this weeks Torah Portion, Balak, and I'm not so sure this...
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![Chukat: The Singular Serpent](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7897ea_e06b569dc44643259bb33804bf7ad7d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7897ea_e06b569dc44643259bb33804bf7ad7d9~mv2.webp)
Jason HRM
Jul 7, 201722 min read
Chukat: The Singular Serpent
'remove the serpent from within' Numbers 19 – 22:1 (Presenters at HRM are given further sub-divisions to focus on. Mine for this year was...
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![Worshipping Nehushtan (?)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7897ea_9389dc399c98411484f022d70d7fb66e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7897ea_9389dc399c98411484f022d70d7fb66e~mv2.webp)
Jason HRM
Jun 28, 20173 min read
Worshipping Nehushtan (?)
'Be careful beloved, that we worship not the signs, but the One who really has the power to save' Just a thought. Mind you, a thought...
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Jason HRM
Jun 24, 20175 min read
The Beautiful Legacy of Korah
מורשתו היפה של קורח Torah Portion Korah Korah is the antagonist in this weeks Torah reading (i.e. the baddy) and it is Korah who leads...
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