Parshas Naso – Shavuos 1

The double usage of the word קרבנו -“his offering” in these pasukim must immediately grab our attention. After all, we have been trained to look out for this sort of discrepancy. Further investigation reveals that only this once, by the offering of the tribe of Yehuda, does the pasuk repeat the word קרבנו.

Parshas Bamidbar 1

At the beginning of this week’s Parsha, Hashem commands Moshe Rabbeinu to count all of the Bnei Yisrael. Rashi explains that Hashem wanted us to be counted at this time in order to rest His Divine Presence upon us. The Shelah Hakadosh (whose prayer for righteous children we have…