Month: July 2016

What is the reason for the juxtaposition of the parsha of nedarim, vows (Bamidbar 30: 2-17) to the parsha of the vengeance of the Bnei Yisrael against Midyan (Bamidbar 31) in the first of this week’s Sedros?

The ShailaText team deals with a vast array of halachic queries, which cover a huge range of topics. Patterns do, however, exist; and at times it gets somewhat predictable. As the week draws to a close there will invariably be a few shailas on the details of the mitzvah of Hafroshas Challah.

In this week’s parsha we see a confluence of two major themes which flow through the whole commentary of the Netziv in his Haamek Davar.

In Parshas Korach, Dasan and Aviram accuse Moshe of usurping power from within the Jewish people.