Ramban on Bamidbar: "Tifkedu Otam" - Remembrance and Supervision
Rabbi Ezra Bick
The book of Bemidbar begins with a census – a Divine command to count. Ramban discusses what the word used for count - "pakad" actually means- to actively remember and supervise.
We explore the meaning of a census and why it is generally forbidden and severely limited. The finite and infinite clash. The notion of counting is limiting, minimizing, whereas the Jewish people are in process of increasing, expanding.
לשאר השיעורים בסדרה (30)
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- Ramban on Vayechi: BeCharvi u-veKashti - With My Sword and Bow
- Ramban on Parshat Emor - Mikraei Kodesh
- Ramban on Matot Masei - Cities and Name Changes
- Ramban on Bo: HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem - This Month is for You
- Ramban on Behar Bechukotai
- God Gave the Land of Moav to the Moabites
- Ramban on Teruma: The Mishkan and the Divine Presence
- Ramban on Rosh HaShana: What is the Secret of the Terua?
- Ramban on Mishpatim: "Justice Belongs to God"
- Ramban on Parshat Ki Tavo
- Ramban on Beshallach: Tze'aka - Crying Out
- Ramban on Parshat Nitzavim - Transcending Free Will
- "The Divine Presence Within Israel is a Need of the People" - "Shechina BeYisrael Tzorech Hediot"
- Ramban on Shoftim - Does Jewish Society Exist in Chutz LaAretz?
- Ramban on Tetzaveh - The Shechinah within Israel
- Ramban on Parshat Haazinu - The History of the Jewish People
- Ramban on Ki Tisa - The Holy Half Shekel
- Ramban on Lekh Lekha: Fathers and Children - Maaseh Avot Siman LaBanim
- Ramban on Vayakhel Pekudei
- Ramban on Vayeira - Sedom and Pilegesh baGiv'a
- Ramban on Parshat Naso - Your Individual Task
- Ramban on Chayyei Sara: The Burial of Sarah in Eretz Yisrael - the Location of the Cave of Makhpela
- Ramban on Parshat Behaalotecha - Pesach Sheni
- Ramban on Toldot: Did the Avot Keep the Torah?
- Ramban on Shelach: Who Sent the Spies and Why?
- Ramban on Vayishlach: The Massacre in Shechem
- Ramban on Vayikra - Appeasement and Atonement
- Ramban on Yitro: Hearing God's Voice at Har Sinai
- Ramban on Parshat Miketz - But We are Guilty For Our Brother