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Short Rabbi Ben-Tzion Spitz שמות ל"ב:כ"ו-ל"ה

“Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead.” -Eli Stanle…

Lesson Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell במדבר ח':א'-כ"ו

This podcast begins the first section of Parshat Behaalotcha with the commandment to Aharon to light the menorah in the Mishkan. We then discuss the commandments to the Leviim and compare them with th…

Lighting the Menorah Shevet Levi

⬇PDF The Status of the Tribe of Levi

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbi Amnon Bazak במדבר א':א'

Parshat Bamidbar reflects two different aspects of the selection of the Levi’im. The first selection, described in chapter 1, arises from the sanctity of the tribe of Levi as a whole, as it was sancti…

Responsibilities of the Levites Shevet Levi Levites and the Firstborn Counting the Levites

⬇PDF “The Kohanim, the Levi’im”

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbi Dr. Tamir Granot דברים י"ח:א'-ז'

Parshat Shoftim details the system of authority and public administration, whereby we learn that the king is commanded to be subservient both to the Torah and to the Kohanim and the Levi’im who are au…

Kohanim and Levites Kohanim Responsibilities of the Levites Shevet Levi

Article Source: המאמר באדיבות אתר VBM של ישיבת הר עציון Rabbi Elchanan Samet במדבר ט"ז:א' - י"ז

Parshat Korach combines two stories that are unrelated to each other: the complaints of Korach on one hand, and the complaints of Datan and Aviram on the other. Are these really two different stories,…

Korah Datan and Aviram Shevet Levi Moshe - Leadership

Korach and the Power of Democracy

Lesson Rabbi Alex Israel במדבר ט"ז:א' - י"ח:ל"ב

One troubling aspect of Parshat Korah is that the rebellion never dies down. That seems to be because there are real issues here - Moshe and Aharon seem to have all the closeness to God, and the peopl…

Firepan Test Choosing Aharon haftara Shmuel third paragraph of Shema Aharon's Staff

The Census of the Leviim (Audio)

Lesson Prof. Jonathan Grossman במדבר א':א' - ג':נ"א

What is the reason for a census at the beginning of Sefer Bemidbar? And why is Levi not included in the general count? This shiur examines the significance of the census narratives in the parasha, unc…

Census Guarding the Kodesh Shevet Levi Counting the Levites Levites and the Firstborn

Article Rabbi Amnon Bazak דברים י':ח'-ט'

The selection of the Leviim includes two aspects: Secondary assistance to the primary servers of God – the Kohanim - and primary servers of God on the basis of their actions at the sin of the Golden C…

Kohanim Sin of the Golden Calf Two Aspects Serving God Choosing the Kohanim The Firstborn

Article Rabbi Michael Hattin יהושע כ':א' - כ"א:מ"ג

This lesson will discuss the command regarding cities of refuge, and the link the texts creates between the Levites and the assignment of these cities, as well as the other responsibilities of the Lev…

Shevet Levi Cities of Refuge

⬇PDF The Election of the Tribe of Levi

Article Rabbi Ezra Bick במדבר י"ז:א' - י"ח

The story of Korah ends with the flowering of Aharon's staff. The story is immediately followed by God's commandment to the Priests and Levites. Apparently the flowering of the staff was not only an i…

Korah Shevet Levi Responsibilities of the Levites Kohanim and Levites Aharon's Staff Appointment of the Levites

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