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Shabbat Parashat Bamidbar 5773

Bamidbar | 2 Sivan 5773 | 11/05/2013

Parashat Hashavua: The Choice of Leaders

Introducing the counting of the tribes, the Torah writes: “And with you will be a person each for each tribe, a man who is the head of the households of his fathers he is” (Bamidbar 1:4).The Torah goes on to list the leader of each tribe, who was involved in the counting of that tribe. The simple reading of the p’sukim indicates that the identity of these leaders was spelled out by Hashem at this time and for this purpose. On the other hand, we find these same men serving as the nesi’im (princes/leaders) of their respective tribes at the inauguration of the Mishkan, which was done a month earlier.

Ask the Rabbi: Publicizing a Sin as Part of Repentance

It seems that we do not follow the Rambam's opinion (Teshuva 2:5) to publicly announce our sins between man and his fellow. If my observation is correct, why is this?

Ein Ayah: A Leader from Within; A Leader from Without

In a place where there is no man, that is where you should be a man. Abaye said: This implies that in a place where there is a man, you should not be a man there. Isn’t this the obvious inference? The inference is needed for a case where the two people are of equal standing.

P'ninat Mishpat: Full Rent for a Not Up-to-Par Apartment

The defendant (=def) rented an apartment from the plaintiff (=pl). Pl is suing def for not paying rent in full. Def counters that since the heat in the apartment was not working for much of the winter, despite pl’s half-hearted efforts to fix it, and since there were other shortcomings in the apartment, they should not have to pay in full.

Refuah Sheleimah

for

Rabanit Itah bat Chana

Ehrenreich

amongst the sick

of Klal Yisrael

This edition of
Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated
to the memory of
R' Meir
ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

Hemdat Yamim

is endowed by

Les & Ethel Sutker

of Chicago, Illinois
in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker
and

Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l

Dedicated in memory of

Leiser Presser

ben R'Aharon Yitzhak and Bracha

on the occasion of his yahrzeit,

24 Iyar,

and members of his family

who perished in the shoah

Al Kiddush Hashem.

Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated
in memory of
Shmuel Rosenhak
o.b.m
who passed away
Iyar 6, 5773

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).