Our parsha, Bamidbar, begins with a reminder of where the Israelites find themselves physically: “...״וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי “And God spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai…” (Bamidbar 1:1). Before God commands Moshe to take a census of men over the age of twenty, “all those in Israel who are able to bear arms,” (Bamidbar 1:3), the text reminds us that for all the laws given to the point and for all the orienting power a census can have, the Jewish people are still wandering.
Share this post
Bamidbar: Vulnerability
Share this post
Our parsha, Bamidbar, begins with a reminder of where the Israelites find themselves physically: “...״וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי “And God spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai…” (Bamidbar 1:1). Before God commands Moshe to take a census of men over the age of twenty, “all those in Israel who are able to bear arms,” (Bamidbar 1:3), the text reminds us that for all the laws given to the point and for all the orienting power a census can have, the Jewish people are still wandering.