Bamidbar

34^th Torah Portion in Numbers/Bəmīḏbar (בְּמִדְבַּר‎) called Bamidbar (בְּמִדְבַּר‎) for 20 May, 2023

BeMidbar, B’midbar, Bamidbar, or Bamidbor (בְּמִדְבַּר‎)

Shabbat Shalom, y’all!

We’re in the Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi; Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, “In the desert [of] [Sinai]”).

test everything, hold tight to what is good – 1 Thessalonians 5:21

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֍ ֍ ֍ What is this Torah portion about?

This week we begin reading in the Book of Numbers/Bamidbar

The parashah, Bamidbar, tells of the census of each tribe in detail. How many are old enough for war? It then tells about the duties of the priests. (<<— edited from wikipedia)

֍ ֍ ֍ Where are we in our studies?

The book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi; Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, “In the desert [of]”) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah.

The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a Priestly redaction (i.e., editing) of a Yahwistic source made some-time in the early Persian period (5th century BC). The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites.

֍ ֍ ֍ What is our study called?

Study’s Name

Bemidbar, BeMidbar, B’midbar, Bamidbar, or Bamidbor (בְּמִדְבַּר‎ — Hebrew for “in the wilderness of” [Sinai]

34 Bamidbar, 20 May 2023, 29 Iyyar, Numbers 1:1–4:20, Hosea 2:1–2:22, Matthew 4:1–17

֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Torah:

֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ hafTarah – Prophets

This year this  haftarah is in play. Read below at ֍ ֍ ֍ Haftarah for an explanation

֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Brit haDashah – New Covenant

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֍ ֍ ֍ Haftarah

The haftarah for the parashah is Hosea 2:1–22. More info below.

Connection between the haftarah and the parashah

Both the parashah and the haftarah recount Israel’s numbers, the parashah in the census, and the haftarah in reference to numbers “like that of the sands of the sea.” Both the parashah and the haftarah place Israel in the wilderness (midbar).

The haftarah in the liturgy

Observant Jews recite the concluding lines of the haftarah, Hosea 2:21–22, when they put on tefillin in the morning. They wrap the tefillin strap around their fingers as a groom puts a wedding ring on his betrothed, symbolizing the marriage of God and Israel.

On Shabbat Machar Chodesh

When Parashat Bemidbar coincides with Shabbat Machar Chodesh (as it does in 2020, 2023, 2026, and 2027), the haftarah is 1 Samuel 20:18–42.

֍ ֍ ֍ Further info concerning how to study & apply Torah:

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