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"The Book of Numbers": The Deeper Meaning behind Chazal's Name for Sefer Bamidbar

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: May 15 2023

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Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Hashem, Israel, Spirituality, Supernatural

Parsha:

Bamidbar

Collections: An Overview of Sefer Bamidbar

Description

Why name the sefer after the counting, instead of gripping episodes such as Meraglim or Korach? What is the main topic of all Sefer Bamidbar? The Netziv explains.

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"The Book of Numbers": The Deeper Meaning behind Chazal's Name for Sefer Bamidbar

Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava:

Hashem, Israel, Spirituality, Supernatural

Parsha:

Bamidbar

Collections: An Overview of Sefer Bamidbar

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"The Book of Numbers": The Deeper Meaning behind Chazal's Name for Sefer Bamidbar

Series: Five Minute Parsha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Machshava: Hashem, Israel, Spirituality, Supernatural Parsha: Bamidbar

Collections: An Overview of Sefer Bamidbar

Description

Contact Us

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Machshava:

Hashem, Israel, Spirituality, Supernatural

Parsha:

Bamidbar