BS”D Parashat Pinchas 5786
Opportunity Missed – Paradise Lost by a man who was invited to address countless millions of people, which included four appearances at the US Congress and many more at the UN General Assembly.
Opportunity Missed – Paradise Lost by a man who was invited to address countless millions of people, which included four appearances at the US Congress and many more at the UN General Assembly.
The Torah relates that Moshe, the Emancipator and Conduit for delivering HaShem messages to the millions that he had freed, would himself be prohibited from entering the holy land.
The 28 nations that make up the European Union are, for the most part, descendants of Aisav. HaShem saw that the concentration of power brought about by these 28 rogue nations has reached its limit, that the time has come for it to crumble and collapse from within.
Mei Menuchot was written while sitting on a row of 8 bombs while placing the Gemara and notebooks on the above row of 7 bombs. If you are serious about Torah study, you can do it even in difficult situations, and certainly as a soldier in HaShem’s holy army!
A landowner who grew any one of the 7 species indigenous to Eretz Yisrael, must bring a sample of the first growth to the Bet HaMikdash, starting after the holiday of Shavuot. Interesting that the Bikurim declaration deals with agricultural produce, while ignoring the bigger implications of the Jewish nation’s great spiritual mission.
The book of Bamidbar begins with the command to conduct a census of military age men. This week’s message deals with military conscription because as of April 9, 2026, the U.S. will transition to automatic registration for all eligible men aged 18 to 25.