Temple Beth David

For part of our study of Devarim, we will be using the commentary Moses: A Human Life, by Avivah Zornberg.

Devarim 1:1- (Robert Alter, trans.)

These are the words that […]

Bamidbar 33:1-2 (Robert Alter)

These are the journeyings of the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt by their battalions, in the hand of Moses and Aaron. And […]

Bamidbar 27:1-112(Robert Alter, trans.)

And the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh of the clans of Manasseh, son of Joseph, came […]

Bamidbar 20:1-13 (Robert Alter, trans.)

And the Israelites, the whole community, came to the Wilderness of Zin, in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died […]

Bamidbar 16:2-3 (Robert Alter, trans.)

they rose before Moses, and two hundred fifty men of the Israelites, community chieftains, persons called up to meeting, men of renown. And they assembled […]

Bamidbar 10:28-30 (Robert Alter, trans.)

And Moses said to Hobab [Yitro] son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’s father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said to […]

Bamidbar 5:12-31 (Robert Alter, trans.)

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Any man whose wife may stray and betray his trust, […]

For Avivah Zornberg, the fundamental problem that troubles the text of Bamidbar is what counts — what is truly meaningful and real — in human life. There is no question […]

In our exploration of holiness in Leviticus using the methods of Aviah Zornberg we have learned the following:   Vayikra: God speaks to us intimately, using words only we can […]