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The drama building over the first ten chapters has reached its zenith. The people are counted. The camp is organized. The Levites load up the Mishkan. The trumpets have been fashioned and are ready to call out. The cloud lifts from the Mishkan and Moses invites his father-in-law to accompany the people for the home stretch (he declines). And then the dramatic song:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: Advance, O God ! May Your enemies be scattered, and may Your foes flee before You! And when it halted, he would say: return, O God, You who are Israel\u2019s myriads of thousands!\u201d (verse 35-36).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These verses are bracketed by upside-down \u201cnuns\u201d [\u05e0] like parentheses. Why do these appear here? The Gemara in Tractate Shabbat 115-116 explains that this section is bracketed off because it should be considered its own book. The source is a verse in Proverbs 9:1 \u201cWith wisdom she built her house, she carved its seven pillars.\u201d The Torah only has five books. Where does the 7 come from? The Gemara answers that the seven books are- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers until the brackets, the bracket section, Numbers after the brackets and Deuteronomy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Alternatively, Rashi explains that this bracketed section does not belong here but is placed here to separate two punishments. Ramban disagrees with Rashi because the first \u201cpunishment\u201d seems to be missing. The next verse describes the people complaining, but nothing appears out of sorts in the verse before. Rashi explains that verse 33 \u201cThey marched from the mountain of God, they traveled for three days\u201d is really about the people removing themselves from God. This is more of a sin than a punishment, but nevertheless is the reason for the split.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This interpretation matches an earlier \u201cthree day\u201d removal. In Exodus 15:22: \u201cthey marched three days and found no water\u201d and then the people complained to Moshe. The homiletic interpretation there is that water is really Torah. Because the people went three days without it, they suffered. Here the people removed themselves from Mt. Sinai for three days and then complained. If water can be interpreted as Torah, Mt. Sinai can as well. However, verse 34 also does not seem to match the sinful behavior \u201cThe Ark traveled in front of them on that three days\u2019 journey to seek out a resting place for them.\u201d Why would the Ark move ahead if they were not supposed to move at all?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So what was the point of bracketing this off but not the Exodus story? It\u2019s possible that this is bracketed off simply for poetic effect. The only other time this appears in Tanach is in Psalms 107 for poetic reasons. 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At the end of Numbers, chapter 10, there are two backwards \u201cnun\u2019s\u201d (the Hebrew letter), around two famous verses, dividing the Book of Numbers into 3 sections (until then, these 2 verses and what\u2019s going to come after). We\u2019re used to the Torah the way it is, and when we\u2019re about a third of the way into Numbers, we know we have one and <\/span>\u2154<\/span> more books to go. But a second look reveals that the Torah should have ended right there, with the Children of Israel traveling \u201ca three days\u2019 journey to seek out a resting place for them\u201d (10:33)! <\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is it!! Right here, would have been the end of the journey!! What happened?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Paul Simon sings, \u201cyou know, \u00a0the nearer your destination, the more you\u2019re slip slidin\u2019 away\u201d\u2026 The end of desert travels was so close! But neither the People nor Moses were ready. Fear, anxiety, worry\u2026. before we know it, chapter 11 opens up with complaints, and soon, we\u2019ll have another (almost) 40 years added to our time in the desert. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

How do we just march ahead, armed with faith and knowledge, of the Divine, without tripping over our own fears?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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At the beginning of the book, all the signs indicate that the people are preparing for imminent arrival in the Land of Israel. According to the midrash, this journey was to have been extremely brief: a three-day journey. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this moment, sin has not yet happened, the people have not yet been punished with years in the desert, and Moses still believes he will enter the land. Hence, Moses speaks innocently, unsuspectingly of desire and fulfillment. His sense of plenitude is reflected in his speech to Jethro:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses said to Chovav son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, \u201cWe are traveling to the place... Come with us and we will be good to you; for God has promised goodness to Israel.\u201d And he replied, \u201cI will not go; but will return to my native land.\u201d He said, \u201cPlease do not leave us... if you come with us, the goodness that God grants to us we will extend [lit., \u201cdo good\u201d] to you\u201d (Num. 10:29-32). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Four times, Moses utters the word <\/span>tov<\/span><\/em>-<\/span><\/i>-good. But as though deaf to Moses\u2019 blandishments, Jethro simply says, \u201cI\u2019m going home\u201d and vanishes from the biblical record.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From this scene, we understand that the appeal to \u201cgoodness\u201d ultimately expresses a subjective sense of things. By repeating the word <\/span>tov<\/span><\/em> so often, Moses evokes an ecstatic sense of God\u2019s bounty. But Jethro does not share Moses\u2019 perspective, so he simply acts on his own desire and goes home.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cGoodness,\u201d then, lies in the eyes of the beholder. It is striking that in his infancy Moses is described as \u201cgood.\u201d (\u201cAnd his mother saw that he was good....\u201d [Exod. 2:2].) And at the Burning Bush, God promises to bring the people to \u201ca good and spacious land....\u201d (Exod. 3:8). The foundational experiences of Moses\u2019 life are permeated by a sense of <\/span>tov<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the book of Numbers the words <\/span>tov<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>ra<\/span><\/em>, good and evil, are used to express the subjective consciousness of \u201clove\u201d and \u201chate.\u201d Moses\u2019 eyes are trained on that good destination that beckons so alluringly. He is full of love. But since love is not always contagious, Jethro remains unaffected by Moses\u2019 enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here begins the saga of love and hate in the wilderness. Here begins the subjective narrative of an ambivalent people who, through a series of wilderness narratives, struggle with their own volatile relations with God, with Moses, and, ultimately, with themselves. 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Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, \u2018We are setting out for the place of which the Lord has said, \u2018I will give it to you.\u2019 Come with us and we will be generous with you; for the Lord has promised to be generous to Israel.\u2019 \u2018I will not go,\u2019 he replied to him, \u2018but will return to my native land.\u2019 He said, \u2018Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness and can be our guide. So if you come with us, we will extend to you the same bounty that the Lord grants us\u2019 (Num 10: 29-32).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses was social justice warrior, advocate, scholar, adjudicator, judge and defender-in-chief of the Israelites, but by the time we reach Numbers 10, he hit a wall. He could not manage the wilderness without help. And just as Moses relied on his father-in-law Yitro to help him manage the burden of judging, he relied on his brother-in-law to navigate the trip (some identify Hobab as his father-in-law). He asked and then begged Hobab to join the Israelites and be their guide. In Hebrew, the request is more stark. Moses needed Hobab to be the very \u201ceyes\u201d of the community, a living compass. Yet, just as Yitro admired the Israelites\u2019 God and was awed by their story but did not want to join them, his son did the same. The gift of bounty was not enough to incentivize Hobab to take a rather thankless job.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is not coincidental that from this point forward, there is a tectonic shift in the style and content of the Book of Numbers. The first ten chapters of the book is tightly ordered and didactic. The next 26 are mostly narrative in form, featuring one devastating leadership collapse after another: the whispers of Aaron and Miriam against Moses, the sin of the scouts, Korah and his rebellion, Balaam and his attempt to curse the Jews, the hitting of the rock, the deaths of Aaron and Miriam, the debacle at Baal-peor. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps one of the most devastating lows of the book was Moses\u2019 struggle in Numbers 11, one chapter after Hobab\u2019s refusal. Suddenly more alone than ever and unable to bear the burden of the entire community, Moses asked God to take his very life. God, like Hobab, also refused. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Organization cannot always combat chaos when the problems are deep and swampy. At those times, the combination of preparation <\/span>a<\/span>nd<\/span><\/em> the support of allies help negotiate the path forward.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Parashat Be-ha\u2019alotkha <\/span><\/i>takes us back to the Israelites\u2019 journey in the wilderness: \u201cIn the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Pact and the Israelites set out on their journeys\u201d (10:11\u201312). This text, which marks the onset of the Israelites\u2019 wanderings, also describes their order of march. We then come to two verses that are enclosed by the letter <\/span>nun<\/span><\/i>, large and inverted, on either side, seemingly like parentheses. \u201cWhen the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: \u2018Advance O Lord. May your enemies be scattered! And may Your foes flee before You.\u2019 And when it halted, he would say: \u2018Return O Lord, You who are Israel\u2019s myriads of thousands\u2019\u201d (10: 35\u201336).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why is this particular passage uniquely marked and inserted at this point in the Israelites\u2019 travel log?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The painting represents a model of the Israelites\u2019 march, which reflects the passage: \u201cWhen the Ark was to set out.\u201d The picture is divided into two registers to be followed from right to left, top to bottom. We see the marching tribes advancing on a very narrow brown band, alluding to the transitory nature of their wanderings. They have left the safety of their encampment and are now moving on \u201ceach in position\u201d much more exposed to all the dangers of travel in the hostile lands of the wilderness. Moreover, they are out of sight of the Tabernacle and the other tribes. The bearded figures are seen in profile, figured in a minimalistic fashion, wearing sleeveless striped gowns, holding their tribal flags in a procession reminiscent of Assyrian- and Babylonian-style parades.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The portrayal on the top far right is the Tabernacle with the cloud of God rising above it. The tribe of Judah is leading the march; then we see four priests dressed in red-striped gowns, which distinguish the Levites from the other tribes, followed by the tribe of Reuven. The priests are carrying the Ark on their shoulders by means of the permanently attached staves (<\/span>badim<\/span><\/i>). The winged cherubim on the Ark cover are facing each other. The lower register continues the procession showing the tribes of Ephraim and Dan ahead and behind two wagons with the other Tabernacle furnishings being pulled by oxen..<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This scene of the procession hints at Moses\u2019 prayer as the journey begins and the need for God\u2019s protection for the people marching with the Ark. Moses approaches the holy Ark and entreats God to \u201crise up\u201d \u2013 <\/span>kuma<\/span><\/i> \u2013 along with the cloud and scatter the Israelites\u2019 enemies, who are also the Lord\u2019s enemies. The passage\u2019s concluding verse implores God again to \u201creturn\u201d (<\/span>shuva<\/span><\/i>), that is, to rest and reside among the nation of the many thousands of Israelites, who, with His help, will swell in numbers. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In today\u2019s synagogue services, the first verse is recited when a Torah scroll is taken out of the Ark and the second verse is said when the scroll is returned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, who holds a\u00a0<\/span>PhD in Art History and has published extensively on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/p>\r\n

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While Exodus and Leviticus focus on laws, Numbers focuses on how these laws will be lived out, first in the wilderness and eventually in the land of Israel. It begins with urban planning required to start forming a society, including a census, zoning, and organizing the people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Palestinian Talmud records a debate about the formation in which the Israelites travelled (Eruvin 5:1). One rabbi explains that they moved in a box-like formation, divided by tribe, surrounding the Tent of Meeting, which embodied God\u2019s presence among the people. The second rabbi notes that in 10:25 the tribe of Dan is described as \u201c\u05de\u05d0\u05e1\u05e3 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc-\u05d4\u05de\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea,\u201d \u201cthe one who gathered from all the camps.\u201d The commentator Chizkuni explains that \u201cgatherers\u201d meant that they helped anyone in the other tribes who fell behind from exhaustion. In order to be gatherers, they must have come last, so he suggests that the tribes travelled in a line, not a box. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

We can look at these ideas as models for how we imagine our own communities. In the first model, there is a recognition of the centrality of God and Torah and of our responsibility to play a role in staying connected to tradition. The second model reflects a desire to ensure that everyone is cared for and no one is left behind. 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Numbers takes up the story as we left it toward the end of Exodus. The people had journeyed from Egypt to Mount Sinai. There they received the Torah. There they made the Golden Calf. There they were forgiven after Moses\u2019 passionate plea, and there they made the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, inaugurated on the first of Nissan, almost a year after the exodus. Now, one month later, on the first day of the second month, they are ready to move on to the second part of the journey, from Sinai to the Promised Land.<\/span>
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\r\n<\/span>Yet there is a curious delay in the narrative. Ten chapters pass until the Israelites actually begin to travel (Num. 10:33). First there is a census. Then there is an account of the arrangement of the tribes around the Ohel Moed, the Tent of Meeting. There is a long account of the Levites, their families and respective roles. Then there are laws about the purity of the camp, restitution, the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery, and the nazirite. A lengthy series of passages describe the final preparations for the journey. Only then do they set out. Why this long series of seeming digressions?<\/span>
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\r\n<\/span>It is easy to think of the Torah as simply telling events as they occurred, interspersed with various commandments. On this view the Torah is history plus law. This is what happened, these are the rules we must obey, and there is a connection between them, sometimes clear (as in the case of laws accompanied by reminder that \u201cyou were slaves in Egypt\u201d), sometimes less so.<\/span>
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\r\n<\/span>But the Torah is not mere history as a sequence of events. The Torah is about the truths that emerge through time. That is one of the great differences between ancient Israel and ancient Greece. Ancient Greece sought truth by contemplating nature and reason. The first gave rise to science, the second to philosophy. Ancient Israel found truth in history, in events and what God told us to learn from them. Science is about nature, Judaism is about human nature, and there is a great difference between them. Nature knows nothing about freewill. Scientists often deny that it exists at all. But humanity is constituted by its freedom. We are what we choose to be. No planet chooses to be hospitable to life. No fish chooses to be a hero. No peacock chooses to be vain. Humans do choose. And in that fact is born the drama to which the whole Torah is a commentary: how can freedom coexist with order.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From:\u00a0<\/span>The Ever-Repeated Story (Covenant & Conversation, Bamidbar 5777)<\/span><\/em><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":68448,"alt":"","title":"is58-break free","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Freedom And Order","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Humanity is constituted by its freedom: we are what we choose to be","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":68448,"alt":"","title":"is58-break free","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is58-break-free-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"10","chapter_main_number":"127","date":"20260223","wall_id":"127"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"354","name":"Rabbi Sacks","old_id":"754"}]},{"order":9,"id":"47043","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"2","name":"Silver Trumpets \u2013 Then and Now ","post_title":"Silver Trumpets \u2013 Then And Now","slug":"silver-trumpets-then-and-now","old_id":"47043","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33877,"post_title":"Marc Bregman","slug":"marc-bregman","old_id":"33877","first_name":"Marc","last_name":"Bregman","description":"Marc Bregman received his Ph.D. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1991. 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The beginning of our chapter describes the making and use of the silver trumpets that were part of the sacred implements of the Desert Mishkan: \u201cThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Make for you two silver trumpets; make them of hammered work. They shall serve you to summon the community and to set the divisions in motion\u2026\u201d. The biblical text goes on to detail how the trumpets were used to signal to the Israelite people and to lead them into battle (Numbers 10:1-10). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash (Tanhuma Buber, Be-ha\u2019alotkhah 17-18) learns from the military use of the trumpets that Moses was a king who goes out to war with trumpets blaring. The Midrash goes on to derive from God\u2019s telling Moses \u201cmake for you (\u2018aseh lekha<\/em>) two silver trumpets\u201d, that they were specifically made for Moses. For even though they were to be sounded in battle, when Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho it was by sounding Shofarot, according to the biblical narrative (Joshua, Chapter 6). However, a midrashic tradition relates that when Joshua and his Israelite troops needed assistance, it was Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest (see Numbers, Chapter 25) and his troops who came to the rescue sounding their sacred trumpets to finally bring down Jericho\u2019s walls (Legends of the Jews IV, pp. 14-15). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another post-biblical tradition records that at the feast held to celebrate the victory over Sisera, the people of Shiloh \u201csounded the broad trumpets\u201d and Deborah proclaimed, \u201cthis shall be a testimony of the trumpets between the stars and the Lord\u201d (Legends VI, p. 199, n. 92). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jewish legend (Tanhuma Buber, Be-halotekhah 18-19) records that the trumpets were \u201chidden\u201d (nignezu<\/em>) not once but twice -- first in the days of Moses and then in the days of the First Temple. This may relate to the tragic narrative of how the priests and Levites threw themselves into the flames of the burning Temple with their harps and trumpets (Legends IV, p. 304). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The enduring importance of the silver trumpets, as a symbol of Jewish independence, is evident from silver coins minted during the Bar-Kokhba revolt against the Romans (132-135 CE) showing two \u00a0trumpets with the inscription \u201cTo the Freedom of Jerusalem\u201d (see illustration). A more well-known depiction of the trumpets is found on the frieze of the Arch of Titus, as part of the booty looted from the Second Temple and brought to Rome. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Whatever may have become of the silver trumpets, it may be hoped that we or our descendants may yet again hear them sounded. For as we read in our chapter, verse 8: \u201cThe trumpets shall be blown by Aaron\u2019s sons, the priests; they shall be for you an institution for all time throughout the ages\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our chapter focuses on the details of how the Israelites moved about in the wilderness during what was soon (wait for chapter 13) to become an extended \u2014nearly forty year\u2014itinerary.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our interest, here, is triggered by the table of organization that matches the twelve tribes to their flagships (<\/span>degel<\/span><\/i>) and positions them to one or another flank of the Tabernacle. While the details of their distribution while encamped were provided earlier (chapter 2), they are reiterated here apropos of their travels. What reason informs that distribution?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It appears that the primary consideration was tactical and that the distribution, by tribes and by flanks, was intended to provide the best possible defense in case of attack\u2014an ever present possibility since the moment of the exodus: \u201cGod did not lead them via the road of the Land of the Philistines [i.e., the coastal road] in spite of its proximity, God knowing that should the people engage in battle they would regret [their departure] and return to Egypt\u201d (Exodus 15:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we tabulate the number of men-at-arms available to each tribe (see chapter 1), and group them as indicated in our chapter (vs. 14-27), we quickly see that the Tabernacle was most closely guarded on its eastern and northern flanks, because the Israelites continually traveled east by northeast and that was where the greatest danger lay. Then came the southern flank, exposed to the desert and its marauders, and, finally, the western flank, which was the least protected because that was the direction whence they came and the Egyptian army was in no condition to pursue them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\" \u2026 for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.\" (Numbers 10:29)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You call us, God, and yes, we answer yes,
\r\n<\/span>In gratitude that You, our King, request
\r\n<\/span>Our presence at the table You have blessed
\r\n<\/span>Once more, and yes, we hear Your voice address
\r\n<\/span>Us by our fathers' names, as if to bless
\r\n<\/span>Us with the invitation that You addressed
\r\n<\/span>To distant ancestors whom You caressed
\r\n<\/span>With love, the way a mother's words caress.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You call us, God, and yes, we come in quest
\r\n<\/span>Of drinking Sabbath wine and eating bread
\r\n<\/span>Jerusalem's good bakers bake again.
\r\n<\/span>And yes, our King, we want to be Your guest
\r\n<\/span>Beside the tablecloth that You have spread
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\u201cSilver Trumpets and Rams' Horns: The Music of the Shofar and the Chatzotzrot\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Israel Geselowitz: What is the function of these Biblical instruments? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cNachshon ben Aminadav: Who?\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Rebecca Lichtenstein: Explore texts about this mysterious figure. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Divine communique.<\/em> The trumpets, in their routine uses in times of war and peace, are part of the communication system between God and the people: When you are at war in your land against an aggressor who attacks you, you shall sound short blasts on the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God and be delivered from your enemies. And on your joyous occasions\u2014your fixed festivals and new moon days\u2014you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I, the LORD, am your God (verses 9-10).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Hey, Moses\u2019 father-in-law - what\u2019s your name?<\/em> Yitor\/Jethro (Ex. ch. 18), Hobab, Reuel (Ex. 2). Are these different names for the same person - or different people? It depends which commentary you look at.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Go forth - but to where?<\/em> In the words of Hobab, \u201c[I] will return to my native land - <\/span>el artzi iel moladti<\/span><\/em>,\u201d<\/em> one can hear echoes of God\u2019s command to Abraham: \u201cGo forth from your native land - <\/span>me\u2019artzecha umimoladetcha<\/em> <\/span>- <\/span><\/i>and from your father\u2019s house to the land that I will show you\u201d (Gen 12:1). What do you think that means?<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Upside down \u201cnuns.\u201d<\/em> The song of the Ark is framed in the manuscripts and print editions with a special symbol - an upside-down letter \u201cnun\u201d [\u05e0] at the beginning and at the end. The source of this tradition is very ancient and apparently is meant to signify that these verses are a separate unit unto themselves. A scroll within a larger scroll.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. The fighting Ark.<\/em> The song of the Ark is reminiscent of the role of the Ark in accompanying the army into battle. We\u2019ll encounter that story in another 66 chapters. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Numbers 10","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":"10","chapter_main_number":"127","date":"20260223","wall_id":"127"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","posts_home":[],"static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/46861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}