parshat Chukat
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The negotiations
The Torah’s description of the failed negotiations with the neighboring kings, as well as the wars that followed, appears to have been part of the basic curriculum taught to Jewish children in the following generations. -
A People Who Dwells Alone
From Parashot Chukat and Balak, we are able to learn the way Israel, as a nation, should relate to the rest of the world. -
The Drama of Jewish History
In Parashat Chukat, Israel, for the first time, comes into contact with other nations. The history of the Jewish people as a nation among the world begins in Parashat Chukat.