Parshas Mattos/Mas'ay
Hi everyone, I was afraid that you would go into your Shabbos with out knowing this week's Parsha, so I made you this brief summary just for you. I hope you learn something new!
We will discuss a little bit of each Parsha starting with Mattos (MA-TOE-SS).
Parshas Mattos starts off with the rules of making a vow. It's says that if a person swears, "I will not eat a piece of cake for a whole year!" His words stand. He is obligated to keep his vow. If a woman make a vow in her youth and her father is present and her father doesn't say anything when she makes a vow, she is obligated. But if the father did say something against her vow, it's nullified. Also in a case where a wife swears in the presence of her husband he too has the ability to nullify her vow. If a widow or divorcee swears their word stand.
This week's Parsha also speaks about the war the Jewish people fought against the people of Midyan. The Jews, under the military leadership of Pinchas (see Parshas Balak) won the war. The Jewish people were ordered by Hashem to kill all the inhabitance of Midyan and when they came back from battle, the Jewish people had taken women and children captive. Since this was against Hashem’s word Hashem sent a plague that killed twenty four thousand Jews. The Jewish people had taken all the riches from the land of Midyan and had brought them to Elazar. Elazar (EH-LUH-ZUHR) the son of Aaron the priest said to them that they must not use the pots and pans because the Midyanim cooked in the pots. And they must make them kosher by scrubbing each pot very well. That rule applies even today. When we buy new glassware or cutlery we must first purify them by dipping them in the mikveh (MICK-VUH).
Now we will discuss a little bit from Parshas Mas'ay (MUH-SS-EYE).
Parshas Mas'ay speaks about some very interesting rules about killing. If a Jewish person killed another Jew, even by accident he must be punished. If by accident, the Torah says the killer must retreat to one of the six iray miklat (A-RAY MICK-LUH-T) cities of refuge. There the dead man's family may not hurt him. But if the killer did not run to a city of refuge, the dead man's family may hurt him. The killer may leave the city of refuge only when the kohan gadol (KORE-HANE GAD-OLL) passes away. The Kohan gadol’s mother may and does give out goodies and gifts to the people in the city of refuge so that they should not daven (DA-VEN) pray, to Hashem that her son should die. The Gemora (GE-MAR-UH) tractate, Makkos gives a very long explanation about this.
We should avoid taking an oath or making a vow, but if necessary we should merit to keep our word!-Amen!
CHAZAK, CHAZAK, VENISCHAZEIK! (Be Strong! Be Strong! AND may we be strengthened!)
- We have just concluded the fourth book of Moses a.k.a. Bamidbar (BA-ME-D-BAR)!
HAVE A GREAT SHABBOS AND WEEKEND!
Stay toned for next week's Parsha as we begin the fifth book of Moses called Devarim (DEH-VAR-IM).
We will discuss a little bit of each Parsha starting with Mattos (MA-TOE-SS).
Parshas Mattos starts off with the rules of making a vow. It's says that if a person swears, "I will not eat a piece of cake for a whole year!" His words stand. He is obligated to keep his vow. If a woman make a vow in her youth and her father is present and her father doesn't say anything when she makes a vow, she is obligated. But if the father did say something against her vow, it's nullified. Also in a case where a wife swears in the presence of her husband he too has the ability to nullify her vow. If a widow or divorcee swears their word stand.
This week's Parsha also speaks about the war the Jewish people fought against the people of Midyan. The Jews, under the military leadership of Pinchas (see Parshas Balak) won the war. The Jewish people were ordered by Hashem to kill all the inhabitance of Midyan and when they came back from battle, the Jewish people had taken women and children captive. Since this was against Hashem’s word Hashem sent a plague that killed twenty four thousand Jews. The Jewish people had taken all the riches from the land of Midyan and had brought them to Elazar. Elazar (EH-LUH-ZUHR) the son of Aaron the priest said to them that they must not use the pots and pans because the Midyanim cooked in the pots. And they must make them kosher by scrubbing each pot very well. That rule applies even today. When we buy new glassware or cutlery we must first purify them by dipping them in the mikveh (MICK-VUH).
Now we will discuss a little bit from Parshas Mas'ay (MUH-SS-EYE).
Parshas Mas'ay speaks about some very interesting rules about killing. If a Jewish person killed another Jew, even by accident he must be punished. If by accident, the Torah says the killer must retreat to one of the six iray miklat (A-RAY MICK-LUH-T) cities of refuge. There the dead man's family may not hurt him. But if the killer did not run to a city of refuge, the dead man's family may hurt him. The killer may leave the city of refuge only when the kohan gadol (KORE-HANE GAD-OLL) passes away. The Kohan gadol’s mother may and does give out goodies and gifts to the people in the city of refuge so that they should not daven (DA-VEN) pray, to Hashem that her son should die. The Gemora (GE-MAR-UH) tractate, Makkos gives a very long explanation about this.
We should avoid taking an oath or making a vow, but if necessary we should merit to keep our word!-Amen!
CHAZAK, CHAZAK, VENISCHAZEIK! (Be Strong! Be Strong! AND may we be strengthened!)
- We have just concluded the fourth book of Moses a.k.a. Bamidbar (BA-ME-D-BAR)!
HAVE A GREAT SHABBOS AND WEEKEND!
Stay toned for next week's Parsha as we begin the fifth book of Moses called Devarim (DEH-VAR-IM).
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