Portion of the Week – Bamidbar – May 20, 2023

Parshat Bamidbar  בְּמִדְבַּר

Conservative Service, 9:30 AM on May 20, 2023

You are welcome either in person or on line.

Book of Torah Numbers   https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/bamidbar/

Bamidbar (“In The Desert”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Numbers. It describes God’s command to take a census and details the camping formation of the Israelites in the desert. It also begins to enumerate the responsibilities of the Levites when transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle).

To join us for services, as we read and study this portion, contact the Temple Beth Shalom office 772.569.4700.

STUDY MATERIALS

Numbers

Numbers

  1. 5: 1:28-35 · 8 p’sukim ·
  2. 6: 1:36-43 · 8 p’sukim ·
  3. 7: 1:44-54 · 11 p’sukim ·
  4. maf: 1:52-54 · 3 p’sukim ·

Haftarah*: I Samuel 20:18-42 · 25 p’sukim
*Shabbat Machar Chodesh

COMMENTARIES

Commentary to consider:

https://www.jtsa.edu/torah/counting-with-the-full-severity-of-compassion/

https://reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study/torah-commentary/seeing-ourselves-sacred-story

https://reformjudaism.org/learning/torah-study/torah-commentary/containing-lives-open-wilderness

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/naming-names/