Tagged ‘Hukkat’
Parashat Hukkat
On the Threshold of Eternity A Dvar Torah for Hukkat by Rabbi Len Levin “He who touches the corpse of any human being shall be unclean for seven days…” (Num. 19:11) For an entire lifetime, one builds up a network … Continue reading »
Parashat Hukkat
Coming into the Home Stretch by Rabbi Len Levin A Dvar Torah for Hukkat We begin a new narrative unit with Chapter 20 of the Book of Numbers. After an indeterminate time lapse in the previous few chapters, the text … Continue reading »
Parashat Hukkat
Hukkat Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky This week’s parashah contains a somewhat strange description of what happened to the Children of Israel after they complained to God and Moses about their current precarious state. God’s response was to send poisonous serpents as a plague … Continue reading »
Parashat Hukkat
The Heifer’s Mysteries: Death and Purification  The law of the red heifer (Numbers, Chapter 19) is offered in the Jewish tradition as the paradigm of a hok, an arbitrary law whose reasons are known only to God, but surpass human … Continue reading »
Parashat Hukkat
By Simon Rosenbach Many years ago, a friend proposed that we write a book: Management Lessons From the Torah. We never wrote the book, but this week’s parashah provides a fascinating management lesson. It involves the waters of Merivah. We … Continue reading »
Parashat Huqqat-Balaq
Judaism’s Prime Directive By Irwin Huberman There have been many attempts in our tradition to boil down the entire Torah into one clear directive. Over the generations, Jews and those from other faiths have wrestled with the difficult question, “what … Continue reading »
Huqqat
The Power of Foresight By Hayley Siegel and The Transforming Essence By Moshe Rudin The Power of Foresight In this week’s parashah, Huqqat, one of the most shocking events in the entire Torah occurs. Despite forty dedicated years of service … Continue reading »
Parashat Hukkat
Parashat Hukkat By Michael G. Kohn This week’s parashah is noteworthy for a number of reasons, but what caught my eye are the deaths of Moses’ two siblings ‘ Miriam and Aaron. The account of Aaron’s death, not surprisingly, is … Continue reading »
