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EPISODE · May 13, 2026 · 10 MIN

R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Bemidbar: Fire, Water, Wilderness: Living With the Torah

from Ta Shma · host Hadar Institute

“God spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying” (Numbers 1:1).  This verse opens the Book of Bemidbar and initiates God’s speech to the Israelites during these years of routine wandering.  

“God spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying” (Numbers 1:1). This verse opens the Book of Bemidbar and initiates God’s speech to the Israelites during these years of routine wandering.

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