B’midbar means ‘in the wilderness.’ This part of Torah follows the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula. This journey should have only taken only ten days or so, but because of their faithlessness, they camped and broke camp for 40 years. The title ‘Numbers’ comes from the reference to the census taken in the first verses.
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Parashah 33: B’chukkotai (In my regulations)
Sunday, the first day of the week, has Roman roots as it was named after the Sol Invictus and originally called the ‘Venerable Day of the Sun.’ The Roman catholic church authorized Sunday as the ‘new’ sabbath based on the decision by the Council of Laodicea. With this monumental change from the practices of the first-century church, the Sol Invictus was worshiped, not HaShem of the Hebrew Scriptures. Every denomination that observes Sunday is the Sabbath has embraced this catholic mandate; even more deceived int believing it is the weekly holy day to remember Jesus’ resurrection.
Parashah 32: B’Har (On mount)
According to this verse, the land belongs to Adonai. The Hebrew word for ‘land’ is eretz, the same word used in Genesis for when Elohim created the heavens and the eretz. Adonai not only owns the Eretz Y’isra’el (Land of Isra’el), He owns the whole earth. As the Creator, He owns everything in the heavens and on earth.
Parashah 31: Emor (Speak)
The priests of Adonai are to be holy. They are not to defile themselves with a dead body unless it’s their mother, father, son, daughter or virgin sister. They are not to make bald spots on their heads, mar the edges of their beards, or cut gashes in their flesh. Each of these instructions are mentioned in previous parashot and relate to pagan worship.