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Haftarah: Parshat Bamidbar (5786)

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A lesson in English on the haftarah of Parshat Bamidbar, a portion of the Book of Bamidbar (Numbers).

The haftarah is the passage from the Prophets read in synagogue on Shabbat after the Torah reading.

It belongs to the series “Haftarah lessons – 5786 (English)” (lesson 22 of 30).

Lesson summary AI-generated

  • A lesson on the haftarah read on a Shabbat that is the eve of Rosh Chodesh, “Machar Chodesh” (“Tomorrow is the New Moon”), the story of David and Jonathan.
  • The haftarah is read because the Shabbat falls the day before Rosh Chodesh, and the lesson explains the connection of the story to Rosh Chodesh.
  • A question from the Rebbe’s talk: why is a descendant of Ruth the Moabite seen as having a “flaw”, and why it is forbidden to remind a baal teshuvah of their past.
  • Shabbat Mevarchim, when we bless the new month, is described as a preparation for a greater light.

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  • Parshat Bamidbar
  • Haftarah

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