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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Stephen HRM
- Jul 21, 2022
- 6 min
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....
Jason HRM
- Jun 22, 2019
- 13 min
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...
Jason HRM
- Jul 21, 2017
- 19 min
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...
Don HRM
- Jul 20, 2017
- 4 min
Mattot - Masa'ei
Mattot (Tribes) Masa’ei (Stages) Mattot always falls during the intense period of communal mourning and repentance which is referred to...
Jason HRM
- Jul 7, 2017
- 4 min
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...
Jason HRM
- Jul 6, 2017
- 22 min
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...
Jason HRM
- Jun 28, 2017
- 3 min
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...
Jason HRM
- Jun 24, 2017
- 5 min
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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