Daily Chumash Matos Maaseiy Friday – The people inheriting the land

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 Revi’i (Shishi when combined with Matos)

  1. The people inheriting the land:
    • Hashem spoke to Moshe saying that the following are the names of those who will be inheriting the land to the Jewish people: Elazar Hakohen and Yehoshua Ben Nun and one leader per tribe is to inherit the land for their tribe. The following are the names of the tribal leaders.
      • Shevet Yehuda: Kalev Ben Yefuneh
      • Shevet Shimon: Shmuel Ben Amihud
      • Shevet Binyamin: Elidad Ben Kislon
      • Shevet Dan: Bukki Ben Yogli
      • Shevet Menashe: Channiel Ben Eiphod
      • Shevet Ephraim: Kemual Ben Shiftan
      • Shevet Zevulun: Elitzafan Ben Parnach
      • Shevet Yissachar: Paltiel Ben Azzan
      • Shevet Asher: Achihud Ben Shelomi
      • Shevet Naftali: Padahel Ben Ammihud

Chamishi

  1. The cities of the Levites:
    • Hashem spoke to Moshe by the Jordan saying that he is to command Bnei Yisrael to distribute cities to the Levites from amongst their inheritance of land.
    • The space surrounding the cities: The Levite cities are to contain an open space of 1000 Amos surrounding their cities to be designated for their animals and property. The city is to have a total of 2000 Amos of open space surrounding it, [the first thousand as a Migrash and the second for their fields and vineyards].
    • The cities of refuge: The Levites are to receive six cities of refuge for murderers to seek refuge in, and 42 cities for them to dwell in, for a total of 48 cities.
    • From whose property are the Levite cities appropriated: Those tribes who have a larger portion of land are to allocate from within their property more cities to the Levites, while those tribes who have a smaller portion of land are to give them less cities.

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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