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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> begins with the first Passover celebrated in the Desert of Sinai after the Exodus from Egypt (<\/span>verses 1-14<\/span><\/a>). Immediately following this description, we<\/span> read<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the day that the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the Tabernacle\u2026in the evening it rested over the Tabernacle in the likeness of fire until morning\u2026And whenever the cloud lifted from the Tent, the Israelites would set out accordingly; and at the spot where the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp\u2026Day or night, whenever the cloud lifted, they would break camp\u2026Only when it lifted did they break camp.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This Cloud is mentioned frequently in Scripture and is often described in<\/span> Jewish Legend<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Yelammedenu<\/span><\/a> preserves a midrashic interpretation of<\/span> Num. 9:15<\/span><\/a>: \u201cOn the day that the Tabernacle was set up, the Cloud covered the Tabernacle.\u201d This was the same Cloud that had previously covered Moses when he ascended Mount Sinai<\/span> (see Ex. 24:15-18)<\/span><\/a>. The repeated appearance of this Divine Cloud may be compared to a king who sent word to his courtier to prepare his majestic arrival on a certain day. The courtier thought, if the king does come, he will come as a commoner or at night. Knowing what the courtier was thinking, the king sent word: By your life! When I come it will be in the royal purple that I wore when I received the title \u201cAugustus.\u201d And I will be riding on the horse that I rode at my coronation. I shall come to you so that all shall know of my affection for you. <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Similarly, when the Holy One, blessed be He, appeared on Mount Sinai, it was in a Cloud, as it<\/span> says<\/span><\/a>: \u201cAnd the Lord said to Moses, I will come to you in a thick cloud in order that the people may hear when I speak with you and so trust you ever after.\u201d And indeed, the people<\/span> responded<\/span><\/a>: \u201cAll the Lord has spoken we will do and obey (<\/span>na\u2019aseh ve-nishma<\/span><\/i>).\u201d And so, the Holy One, blessed be He assumed heavenly kingship. Later, God<\/span> commanded<\/span><\/a> Israel: \u201cMake Me a Sanctuary that I may dwell among them\u201d. The people were astounded,<\/span> saying:<\/span><\/a> \u201cBut will God really dwell on earth?\u201d. So, God declared: \u201cBy your lives! I shall come to you in the royal purple, as it is<\/span> written<\/span><\/a>: \u201cOn the day that the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the Tabernacle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On the basis of this verse, Maimonides<\/span> rules<\/span><\/a> that the Temple is not to be built at night as it says \"and on the day the Tabernacle was set up\u201d. We erect it not at night, but all day long, from dawn until the stars come out. And all adults in Israel are obligated to assist in building it, helping physically and financially, both men and women, just like the Sanctuary in the Desert. However, we do not close the schools to enable the children to help build the Temple. And building the Temple does not override Shabbat or the festivals.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 9 begins with God\u2019s commandment that the people celebrate Passover. God had already instructed the people multiple times to celebrate Passover. The fact that God had to specially instruct the people to observe now means that the previous pronouncements of the holidays were not meant to be immediate. God also provided a two-week warning to the people, which was not enough for some who approached Moses with a conundrum. They were ritually impure and unable to sacrifice the <\/span>korban Pesach<\/span><\/i>, the Passover sacrifice. They approach Moses and Aaron and ask for advice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is quite an amazing moment. Until this point- through all the laws of Exodus and Leviticus - there had been no dialogue. Everything was one-sided except for the people\u2019s pronouncement at Sinai that they would obey the laws. Now, a group of people have come up with an unforeseen dilemma. The fact that they went to Moses to ask for advice is impressive and even more so, that God agreed that the petitioners were correct. The original pronouncement did not take into account those who were unable to perform the ritual through no fault of their own. This is an amazing admission of oversight by God and gumption on behalf of the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses\u2019s reaction is also telling. The solution does not come from Moses. He seems quite paralyzed by the question and immediately seeks out God\u2019s advice. Moses\u2019s ability to lead here is in some ways hampered by his direct connection to God. Once this issue is brought up, God adds one other scenario that would qualify one for Second Passover- being too far away. This second scenario was not relevant to the wilderness but would be relevant in Canaan. \u201cSpeak to the Israelite people, saying: When any party\u2014whether you or your posterity\u2014who is defiled by a corpse or is on a long journey would offer a Passover sacrifice to God\u201d (verse 10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Gemara in Pesachim learns from the specific rule that the Second Passover is for \u201cany party\u201d that if the entire nation is impure, then everyone can celebrate Passover at the regular time. The Second Passover also has the unique rule that one eats matzoh and <\/span>maror <\/span><\/i>(bitter herbs) with the sacrifice, but may have <\/span>chametz <\/span><\/i>in the household. In this way the second Pesach is not a complete replacement for the primary one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Moses complains to God about his role with the Israelites, whining in response to the people's weeping (Numbers 11:10), \u201cWhy have you laid the burden of all this people upon me? Have I conceived this people and birthed them that you should say to me, \u2018Carry them in your bosom as a lactating mother carries the child nursing to the land you have promised on oath to their fathers?'\u201d (11:11-12).<\/p>\r\n

He is so overburdened that he says to God \u201cif you would deal thus with me, kill me\u201d (11:15). God provides relief by appointing seventy elders to share the spirit of God and the burden of the people (11: 16-17).<\/p>\r\n

Moses\u2019 complaint here should be seen as a flaw in his leadership: he thinks he is expected to do something a man cannot do.\u00a0 For me, nursing is a privilege rather than a burden. Personally, as a mother who has spent a cumulative 53 months nursing her children, I felt fortunate to be physically equipped to provide for all of their needs. It can be tiring to nurse when they are tiny and relentlessly hungry, but nursing an infant is the only time that a parent can truly provide everything her child needs; in that way a nursing mother is very much behaving in imitation of God.\u00a0 Moses, in complaining that he is not a nursing mother, burdened with children, is misunderstanding what it means to nurse, which is not something burdensome, but a powerful ability to nourish while providing love and comfort.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

When God provides manna, which has the taste of \u201crich cream\u201d (11:8), God is providing for the people in the same way a nursing mother does. In fact, the Talmud in Yoma 75a says that \u201cJust as a baby tastes different flavors from the breast, since the taste of the milk changes somewhat depending on what foods his mother eats, so too with the manna, every time that the Jewish people ate the manna, they found in it many different flavors.\u201d\u00a0 The rabbis here portray the manna as akin to breastmilk, which would make God the breast feeder-in-chief for the Israelites when manna is distributed.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Moses\u2019 complaint then, is misunderstanding the mother\/child relationship, and shows Moses is not succeeding at his job leading the people. Moses should relish the ability to work with God to feed the people, not feel it burdensome.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Yet Moses does not remain mired in resentment. When his siblings Miriam and Aaron critique him (12: 1-2) and God takes his side (12:6-8), Moses does something extraordinary: he prays five words to God on behalf of his sister, \u201cO God heal her please\u201d (12:13) the model we still follow for prayers on behalf of the sick. He can\u2019t nourish others himself, but Moses learns to ask for compassion on their behalf.\u00a0 I believe his mother, who nursed him at Miriam\u2019s request (Exodus 2:7-9) would be proud.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Pesach Sheni<\/span><\/em> \u2013 literally a 2nd Passover \u2013 about which we read in this chapter, addresses people who missed the first one, because when it was time to bring the offering, they were either \u201critually impure through contact with a dead body, or away on a distant journey\u201d (Numbers 9:1-12). This situation has never come up before, so it is not obvious what to do. After Moses inquires, God tells him that these people can prepare the same offering a month later, on the next full moon, the 14th of Iyar, to be known as <\/span>Pesach Sheni<\/span><\/i>, 2<\/span>nd<\/span> Pesach. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we google it, we\u2019ll find lots of comments how this means that \u2018it\u2019s never too late to rectify a past failing\u2019, and that this day \u2018represents the power to go back in time and redefine the past\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But for me, <\/span>Pesach Sheni<\/span><\/i> happens to be my father\u2019s <\/span>yahrzeit<\/span><\/em>. And there is nothing like a <\/span>yahrzeit<\/span><\/em> to remind us that try as we might, there is definitely not \u201calways\u201d a second chance, and our power to rectify the past is quite limited. In fact, the whole teaching seems to highlight exactly the opposite! If it was that simple and there was always a second chance, which by now, we should have known, the people would not have to ask Moses, who would not have to ask God who would not have to teach now something completely new.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After all, there is no 2<\/span>nd<\/span>- any-other-holiday. If we missed Yom Kippur, we can still do our own <\/span>t\u2019shuva<\/span><\/em> (repentance) any day, but that majestic fast day will only come back next fall; if we were unavailable during Sukkot or Hanukkah, of course, there is going to be another one, but not next month.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is also what the people and Moses knew very well, as I am painfully reminded each year: that second chances are super rare and hard to come by; and that while we pray and hope, beg and bargain for them, they are usually not readily available, but rather, extremely extraordinary. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our Chapter addresses the status of the g<\/em><\/span>er<\/span><\/em> (resident alien) in a way that seems remarkably relevant to our time: \u201c\u2026There shall be one law for you, whether resident alien or citizen of the country (<\/span>ezrach ha-aretz<\/span><\/em>)\u201d (Num. 9:14). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Steinsaltz commentary makes it clear that g<\/span>er<\/span><\/em> refers to those who are \u201cfrom other nations\u201d (<\/span>me-\u2018amim acherim<\/span><\/em>). According to the Midrash (Sifre to Numbers 9:1-- 4 71:1) the biblical phrase \u201cthere shall be one law for you\u201d means that \u201cthe g<\/em><\/span>er <\/span><\/em>is equal to the e<\/em><\/span>zrach<\/span><\/em> (\u201ccitizen\u201d) in respect to all the Mitzvot of the Torah\u201d. The rabbinic sages defined those non-Israelites who lived among Israelites in Israelite territory as g<\/em><\/span>er toshav<\/span><\/em> (\u201cresident alien\u201d) as distinguished from ge<\/em><\/span>r tzedeq<\/span><\/em> (full-fledged convert to Judaism). Maimonides ruled that the law of g<\/em><\/span>er toshav<\/span><\/em> was only in effect when the laws of the Jubilee Year were also in effect. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

In modern times, after the resettlement of the Land of Israel by Jews, both Rav Abraham Isaac Kook and Rav Chaim Herzog, among others, maintained that the law of g<\/span>er t<\/span><\/em>oshav<\/em> should be applied in our time at least to some non-Jewish residents of Israel. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is worth noting that immediately following the law commanding the equal treatment of the <\/span>Ger<\/span><\/i> in our chapter (verse 14), we are told that the Shekhinah descended to dwell in the Mishkan: \u201cOn the day that the Mishkan was set up, the cloud covered the Mishkan, the Tent of the Witnessing; and in the evening it rested over the Mishkan in the likeness of fire until morning. It was always so: the cloud covered it, appearing as fire by night\u201d (15-16). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The contiguity of the law of the <\/span>Ger<\/span><\/em> to the dwelling of the Shekhinah in the Israelite camp suggests that when we regard as our equals those non-Jews who choose to live among us in peace, then God\u2019s Divine Presence too dwells among us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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One of the most sweeping innovations in the notion of law emerges around a relatively obscure biblical incident, that of the second Passover. A year after leaving Egypt, Moses reminds the Children of Israel that the Pesach festival is approaching, and that the sacrifice must be offered at the proper time. A group of men, however, were in a state of <\/span>tumah<\/span><\/i> (ritual impurity) because they had attended to the burial of a corpse. Participating in a burial is one of the greatest deeds a person can perform, especially because it is a generosity that cannot be reciprocated. So the irony of being excluded from one of the most compelling ceremonies of the year because of having extended themselves in such a praiseworthy fashion is particularly galling. Something has to give.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cUnclean though we are by reason of a corpse, why must we be debarred from presenting the Lord\u2019s offering at its set time with the rest of the Israelites? (7)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The impure men know the rule: the sacrifice must be offered on its proper date and may only be offered by those in a state of <\/span>tohorah<\/span><\/i> (ritual purity). They aren\u2019t asking to clarify the rule, and they are not claiming that it doesn\u2019t pertain to them. They are asking a question of equity, of fairness, and of a conflicting moral claim: it isn\u2019t fair that everyone else gets to participate and we have to miss it for a whole year, and, shouldn\u2019t the fact that our violation was in the pursuit of a mitzvah of the highest order override a merely ritual infraction? Why should a rule trump a principal? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The amazing response from the leadership (Moses) is: you might be right. Let me look into this! And look into means, let me talk to God. God\u2019s response is instant and clear: they are right, and we need to create a way to accommodate them. Even within the Torah, the law is not seen as some timeless, static set of ideals. From its inception it is an expression of the dynamic relationship connecting God and the Israelite people. It flows and grows based on our real-life experiences, new intuitions, clarified values or knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second Passover is a Torah assertion of the recognition that halakhah develops, has a history (and should have a history) and is not merely the receiving of eternal verities from on high. Instead, the model of holiness is one of engagement, responsiveness, and a sensitive integration of ritual profundity with ethical rigor. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Small wonder, then, that this chapter on change and an alternative mode of observance ends with the affirmation: \u201cThere shall be one law for you, whether stranger or citizen of the country\u201d (14).<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":52313,"alt":"","title":"dt32-change","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-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":"Law Grows to Include New Values and Insight","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The model of holiness is one of responsiveness, and a sensitive integration of ritual profundity with ethical rigor","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":52313,"alt":"","title":"dt32-change","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt32-change-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":"9","chapter_main_number":"126","date":"20260222","wall_id":"126"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"436","name":"Morality","old_id":"836"},{"term_id":"444","name":"History","old_id":"844"},{"term_id":"597","name":"Pesach","old_id":"997"},{"term_id":"662","name":"Halacha","old_id":"1062"}]},{"order":10,"id":"46942","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Bitter Herbs Together With Matzah!? 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There was a difference of opinion between Hillel and his contemporaries as to whether the matzah and maror should be eaten separately or together. The view that they should be eaten separately holds that these are distinctive commands, neither of which should diminish or detract from the other. Matzah symbolizes freedom; maror represents slavery. They have different tastes. They are opposite experiences. They do not belong together.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hillel, however, thought otherwise, and out of respect for his opinion we do as he did as well. Hillel was guided by his understanding of the biblical verse that one should eat the Paschal offering \u201cwith matzot and bitter herbs\u201d (Num.9:11), suggesting that all three be eaten together. Perhaps, too, he was reminding us of the Jewish experience of history. Within the bitterness of slavery there was also the hope and promise of freedom. Within freedom, we are also commanded each year never to forget the taste of slavery, so that we should not\u00a0<\/span>take liberty for granted, or forget those who are still afflicted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n


\r\nExcerpted from the <\/span>Jonathan Sacks Haggadah, <\/span><\/i>p.103<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The Torah uses the expression, \"They observed God's mandate\"\u2014ve-shamru et mishmeret<\/em>\u2014 many times throughout the book of Numbers, usually with the meaning of observing, conserving, preserving. When applied to the Tabernacle, the root sh-m-r<\/em> means \"guarding,\" or \"guard duty.\" It means guarding the Tabernacle from incursion by the people, and protecting the people from God's anger. When <\/span>mishmeret<\/span><\/em> refers to God, it means observing His prohibitions. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

For instance, in Numbers 9:19, \"They observed God's mandate\" means resisting the desire to proceed on their journey until God gives His command: \"And they did not journey on.\u201d However, <\/span>shamar<\/span><\/em> is capable of more generative meaning. We remember, for instance, the story of Joseph's dream, which he relates to his father and his brothers. His father rebukes him for his absurd pretensions but still \u201cheld the story in mind [shamar et ha-davar<\/em>]\" (Gen. 37:11). On this, Rashi comments: \"He waited in expectation for when it would come true, as in (Isa. 26:2), 'A nation that keeps faith\u2026\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rashi elicits the dynamic implications of the root<\/span>sh-m-r<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i> He quotes texts in which the word comes to register keeping faith, and notices the future implications of the word. In the midrash, indeed, Jacob is imagined to keep an account of the dream, not only to preserve its memory, but to register the play of absence and presence in his mind. The fulfillment of the dream is feeling its way toward him. He is vigilant, expectant, turned to past and future at once. In the French philosopher Maurice Blanchot's beautiful words, in a different context, he keeps watch over absent meaning. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Similarly, in the Zohar, the commandment to keep\u2014<\/span>lishmor<\/span><\/em>\u2014the Shabbat is interpreted as applying <\/span>mi-shabbat le-shabbat<\/span><\/em>. The Sabbath is not only to be observed, its prohibitions respected; to keep the Sabbath is to hold it in mind from one Sabbath to the next, in the in-between time of absence. This, again, is the intimation of the word <\/span>shamar<\/span><\/em>: to keep the Sabbath present in memory and desire. To observe God's mandate in the wilderness, then, may imply: to be vigilant, actively absorbed in the future realization of a divine world not immediately present to the senses. It is to sustain a sense of trust in a relationship with the Other. 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Lots of stuff happens in Beha'alotcha, the parsha so eventful you can't pronounce its name without going to rabbinical school.<\/p>\r\n

It's raining chicken! Hallejuah! And trumpets and divine wrath! Jon Madof and Charlie Buckholtz strapped on their banjos and wrote a folksong about it.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hJ1_kf-PFB8","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"By: Jon Madof and Charlie Buckholtz ","tile_main_caption":"Beha'alotcha: A Bluegrass Song About the Israelites in the Desert","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"A Bimbam Video","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hJ1_kf-PFB8","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":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Prophets","book":"I Samuel","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1049"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"369","name":"Visual Arts","old_id":"769"}]},{"order":14,"id":"57879","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Beha\u2019alotecha: Camp And Congregation ","post_title":"Beha\u2019alotecha: Camp And Congregation","slug":"behaalotecha-camp-and-congregation","old_id":"57879","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":42813,"post_title":"Covenant & Conversation","slug":"covenant-conversation","old_id":"42813","first_name":"","last_name":"Covenant & Conversation","description":"Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Written as an accompaniment to Rabbi Sacks\u2019 weekly Covenant & Conversation essay, the Family Edition is aimed at connecting older children and teenagers with his ideas and thoughts on the parsha. Each element of the Family Edition is progressively more advanced; The Core Idea is appropriate for all ages and the final element, From The Thought of Rabbi Sacks, is the most advanced section. Each section includes Questions to Ponder, aimed at encouraging discussion between family members in a way most appropriate to them. We have also included a section called Around the Shabbat Table with a few further questions on the parsha to think about. The final section is an Educational Companion which includes suggested talking points in response to the questions found throughout the Family Edition.","short_description":"Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":42814,"alt":"","title":"CCfamilylogo-693x457","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","width":693,"height":457,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457-300x198.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":198,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","medium_large-width":693,"medium_large-height":457,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","large-width":693,"large-height":457,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","1536x1536-width":693,"1536x1536-height":457,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","2048x2048-width":693,"2048x2048-height":457,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457.jpg","post_full_size-width":693,"post_full_size-height":457,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CCfamilylogo-693x457-637x420.jpg","home_baner-width":637,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"1049","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"","post_main_content_content":"

Beha\u2019alotecha begins with the final preparations for the Israelites\u2019 journey from the Sinai desert to the Promised Land. There are instructions for Aaron, the High Priest, to tend to the light of the Menorah, and for consecrating the Levites into their special role as guardians of the sacred. Before setting out, the Israelites celebrate Pesach, one year after the Exodus itself, and\u00a0Pesach Sheini<\/em>\u00a0is given as a way for those unable to celebrate Pesach at its proper time to have their chance a month later. Details are given about the Cloud that signals when to encamp and when to move on. Moses is commanded to make two silver trumpets to summon the people.<\/p>\r\n

Then the story changes tone. The Israelites set out after their long stay in the Sinai desert, but almost immediately there are problems, protests, and complaints. Moses suffers his deepest emotional crisis. He prays to God to die. God tells him to gather seventy elders who will help him with the burdens of leadership. In the last scene of the parsha, Moses\u2019 own sister and brother speak against him. Miriam is punished with\u00a0tzara\u2019at<\/em>. Moses, here described as the humblest of men, prays on her behalf. After a week\u2019s wait, Miriam is healed and the people move forward on their journey.<\/p>\r\n

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When you read a book, do you ever wonder why the author chooses to tell the story in a particular order? Rashi often wonders about that question when it comes to the information in the Torah. He frequently asks why one passage of the Torah is placed next to another passage in the Torah, especially when there is no obvious connection between the two sections. To learn more with Sefi Kraut,\u00a0download the newest Interactive Parsha Experience.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

And if you have older kids or teens, be sure to check out our\u00a0Parsha Discussion<\/a>\u00a0for a more mature conversation.<\/p>\r\n

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\"Let the Children of Israel observe Passover at its appointed time. You shall celebrate it at its appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, with all its rules and regulations.\"
\r\n<\/span>(Numbers 9:2-3)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Where is the little goat that Father bought
\r\n<\/span>Which licked our hands and cheeks when we were small?
\r\n<\/span>What happened to the kid that Father brought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How loud her frightened bleating when she fought
\r\n<\/span>With hungry cats, and dogs began to brawl;
\r\n<\/span>Where is the little goat that Father bought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Attacked by a stick, singed by a fire, caught
\r\n<\/span>In a flood, gored by an ox massive and tall,
\r\n<\/span>What happened to the kid that Father brought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The angel of death exulted when it thought
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\r\n<\/span>Where is the little goat that Father bought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But did our father's Shepherd, whom we sought,
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\r\n<\/span>What happened to the kid that Father brought?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

On sleepless nights, bewildered and distraught,
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\r\n<\/span>Where is the little goat that Father bought?
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\u201cGerim (Strangers\/Sojourners) in Tanach\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Michael Fraade: What is the role of the sojourner in the Bible?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cObscure Jewish Holidays\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Robert Gamer: Explore \u201cPesach Sheni\u201d and other lesser-known holidays.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Only Pesach gets a do-over<\/em>. Even though it\u2019s not the only holiday - or sacrifice - that a person in a state of impurity is not allowed to participate in.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. The distance is relative<\/em>. Someone who is on \u201ca long journey\u201d over Pesach gets a \u201cdo-over\u201d, and is not punished for missing the original time. How long a journey you ask? This question occupied the sages of the Mishnah, and so if it occupies you as well, check out Mishnah Pesachim 9:2.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Find the differences.<\/em> Pesach II (\u201c<\/span>sheni<\/span><\/i>\u201d), the do-over, is similar to the real Pesach, but also different. Note the differences (verses 11-12), but also note that Pesach II is not a seven-day long holiday, rather, it is simply the bringing of the sacrifice.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Unexpected schedule<\/em>.\u00a0 Just imagine what it took to deal with the uncertainty surrounding the travel schedule - when the stop would end, and when they would resume the journey: \u201cAnd at such times as the cloud stayed from evening until morning, they broke camp as soon as the cloud lifted in the morning. Day or night, whenever the cloud lifted, they would break camp. Whether it was two days or a month or a year\u2014however long the cloud lingered over the Tabernacle\u2014the Israelites remained encamped and did not set out; only when it lifted did they break camp\u201d (verses 21, 22). 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