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Video Study for Parsha Behaalotecha

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muman613:
Shalom Good JTF members,

I hope you all have had a productive and enlightened week. I have been very busy with all kinds of issues which popped up the end of last week (car problems, heavy load at work, etc.) but it is once again time to study some Torah lessons which can be learned from the weekly portion.

This week we are reading Behaalotecha which contains the commandment to Aaron and his descendants to light the menorah in the Holy sanctuary. Also we learn about Pesach Sheni (the second Passover) which Moses asks G-d whether those who were unable to participate in the Yom Tov of Pesach due to ritual impurity (from dead bodies) can do the mitzvahs of Passover on a second day. Hashem grants them this and Pesach Sheni was created... The 'marching orders' for the camps of Israel are given in this portion also,..


But things begin to get rough when the people start to question Moses leadership.. They are tired of the Mannah (food) from heaven and desire meat... So Hashem provides the meat for them... And finally the story of how Miriam, the sister of Moshe, spoke negatively about Moses and suffered the affliction of 'tzaarath' otherwise called 'leprosy' (which has no relation to the leprosy we know today).



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Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary.

A “Second Passover” is instituted in response to the petition, “Why should we be deprived?” by a group of Jews who were unable to bring the Passover offering in its appointed time because they were ritually impure. G‑d instructs Moses on the procedures for Israel’s journeys and encampments in the desert, and the people journey in formation from Mount Sinai, where they had been camped for nearly a year.

The people are dissatisfied with their “bread from heaven” (the manna), and demand that Moses supply them with meat. Moses appoints 70 elders, to whom he imparts of his spirit, to assist him in the burden of governing the people. Miriam speaks negatively of Moses, and is punished with leprosy; Moses prays for her healing, and the entire community waits seven days for her recovery.
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Let us start with the latest from Rabbi Chaim Miller of the Temple Institute:

muman613:
This Rabbi is pretty funny... I think his lessons may also be interesting to younger viewers, but I think he always gets across a good message.

muman613:
Rabbi Shlomo Katz gives a short drash on the portion:



And a short one from Rabbi Richman (he has many on this weeks portion). Here is his video from 6 years ago:

muman613:
Now for some Kabbalah of Rabbi Ginsburg...

muman613:
Rabbi Trugman, a student of Rabbi Ginsburg, also elucidates Chassidic ideas and Kabbalistic insights into our Torah portion.

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