The Importance of Being Humble
May 24, 2013 By Matthew Berkowitz | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
An unfortunate incident mars the otherwise solid familial bond between Moses and his siblings in Parashat Beha’alotekha.
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Jun 9, 2012 By Andrew Shugerman | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
A close reading of Numbers 11 offers insights into the tensions that leaders today face in balancing the demands of self-interest with higher ideals for advancing the greater good.
Read MoreThe Working Life
Jun 6, 2014 By Lilly Kaufman | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
In my family, we are not the retiring type—although we do tend toward shyness.
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May 24, 2013 By Ute Steyer | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
To paraphrase Moses’s meltdown in Numbers 11:11–15, “Lord! I’m so done with them! I can’t take it anymore. These people are nothing but a bunch of whinging losers.” Yet the People are doing what they have been doing since day one of the Exodus: complaining. About the lack of water, the lack of food, and now the lack of meat. So why is Moses losing his temper so completely this time?
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Jun 5, 2015 By Judith Greenberg | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
While wandering in the wilderness, when God’s cloud of glory rests on the Tabernacle, Israel dwells in their camp. When the cloud lifts, they journey onward. In the first half of this week’s parashah, Beha’alotekha, life is orderly and peaceful, with each tribe and each leader in their place in the procession.
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Jun 13, 2009 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
Powerful images of authority dominate this week’s Torah portion. How do these images relate to contemporary readers who—despite our distance from the events in the wilderness—remain part of the people Israel’s progress toward the Promised Land?
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Jan 1, 1980
14 Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst–declares the Lord.
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Jan 1, 1980
1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.”
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