Torah Pearls – Bamidbar – Numbers 1:1-4:20 – Nehemia Gordon & Keith Johnson
What is the meaning of the terms Bamidbar and Shaddai? Who are Shlameel & Shlamazel and the "camel of God"? Is there a problem with the numbers in Numbers? What are the emblems and standards of the twelve tribes? Why is it that the tribe of Levi is selected? How do currency and money differ?…