- Torah Portion and Tanach
- Pinchas
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Hashem directs Moshe & Elazar, the Kohen Gadol, to conduct a census, the first held in 39 years.
The Sedra details the claim of Z’lafchad’s daughters, who petitioned for a share in Eretz Yisrael, as they had no brothers & their father had died in the desert (he was said to be the "collector of wood" who violated Shabbat & was executed). Hashem responds positively to their request, & the laws of inheritance are postulated so ancestral land stays within the tribe, & may go to surviving daughters in the absence of other heirs.
Moshe passes the mantle of national leadership to Yehoshua, symbolized by the laying of hands upon his head. The Parsha concludes with a detailing of the korbanot/offerings brought on the Festivals of the year. This section is familiar, as we read from it on Rosh Chodesh & on all Chagim as the Maftir.
The Haftora, the first of the "Haftarot of Punishment" read during the 3 Weeks, is from Yirmiyahu I.
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