Numbers 3:1-4

Numbers 3:1-4 Muster of the Tribe of Levi. – As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi formed, strictly speaking, the thirteenth tribe of the whole nation, and was excepted from the muster of the…

“Derech Eretz”

“Derech Eretz” Precedes the Torah The Mishnah in Pirkei Avot (3, 23) states: “Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says: Without Torah there is not Derech Eretz (we shall define this term soon); without Derech Eretz, there is no Torah.” The simple definition of the term “Derech Eretz” is conducting business, hence the term “way of the…

BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE

Lev 26:1 BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE Ye shall make work you no idols nor graven image sculptile , neither rear you up raise a standing image monolith , neither shall ye set up give any image imagery of stone in your land, to bow down prostrate unto it: for I am the LORD I – Yah…