This week’s parsha is Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1-4:20
| Bamidbar (1:1-4:20) – (In the Wilderness): Haftorah: Hosea 2:1-22 (Ashkenazi); Hosea 2:1-22 (Sephardi) |
| 1:1-3: Census in the Wilderness | 3:1-4: The progeny of Moses and Aaron |
| 1:4-43: The tribal leaders | 3:5-10: Appointment of the Levites |
| 1:44-46: The total | 3:11-13: The Levites replace the firstborn |
| 1:47-54: The Levites | 3:14-20: Census of the Levites |
| 2:1-2: The four formations | 3:21-26: Gershon |
| 2:3-9: Judah’s encampment—to the east | 3:27-32: Kohath |
| 2:10-17: Reuben’s encampment—to the south | 3:33-39: Merari |
| 2:18-24: Ephraim’s encampment—to the west | 3:40-51: The Israelite firstborn are redeemed |
| 2:25-31: and Dan’s encampment—to the north | 4:1-16: The Kohathites’ responsibilities |
| 2:32-34: The total | 4:17-20: Special precautions for the Kohathites |
D’var Torah: Becoming Midbar
Torah Pearls: Parsha Bamidbar
This week’s Haftarah is: Hosea 2:1-22
Chapter 2: Hosea divorces his wife in chapter two. This divorce is symbolic of the end of the covenant between God and the Northern Kingdom of Israel.