Bamidbar - 1st Portion

Join me as we learn Kumish for today, Sunday, the Torah reading of Pares Bamebar, chapter 1, verse one. Today we begin a newish, the fourth one of the three, fourth one of the five books of Moses, the book of Numbers. We begin as the book of Numbers is with numbers in the census. This is the third census of the Jewish people which happened after the building of the tabernacle. The tabernacle was built on the first of se of Nissan 2449 the second year of the Jew one year after the Jewish people coming out of Egypt. This is a month later after the building of the tabernacle and the first of where God tells Moses to count the Jewish people. Verse one and God spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert in the tent of meeting. It was on the first day of the month. Which month? Hasheni the second month which is the month of Ear. The second year making that year 2449. Let's say the second year of the second month of them coming out of Egypt saying why over here is he what is he telling him why is God telling Moshe to count the Jewish people again because of God's love for the Jewish people he continuously counts them when they left Egypt he counted them when they found when they fell and many passed during the sin of the golden calf. He counted them again, laid them in to know how many were left. Now when he comes to put his divine presence amongst them with the building of the tabernacle, he counts them again on the fourth on the first of the Mishkan was erected and then a month later on the first of he counted them again. He counted them at that was the time he was going to count them for the third time ever since them leaving Egypt. Verse two, take a census of all of the congregation of the Israelites by their families. They will follow the their paternal homes houses with the number of their names. Every head count according to every male. what this means and he explains as follows each one of these details tells us to know first of all how many people are in each one of the tribes over here he puts the emphasis on the fact of putting it according to the father if somebody who is father is from one tribe and mother from another will go by the father the tribal will go by the father. What does this mean? It doesn't mean literally that they were counting the heads. By counting the coins, the shekel, they will know how many people there are and get an accurate count. Verse three, you from 20 years and up, those who are fit to serve in the army. You and Aram will then count them. You will count them according to their troops. You and Aaron are the ones to do the count. From here we learn that one would not go out to serve in the army under 20 years old together with you to be able to count the census of each one of the tribes. You will have together with you is a person from each one of the tribes. One who's the head of his paternal house who he is one who he is in charge of that home when you're going to count the tribes. Meaning in the previous verse he says that him will count them. Now he says you'll have with you a leader a leader a leader from each one of the tribes. Who are these leaders? The Torah tells us who these leaders are that are going to help out in the census. These are the people that will stand with you for benne is going to be the son of for the son of for the tribe of the son for the children of verse 11. for God for God. Verse 15, the son of Anan. Verse 16, these are the people who were summoned from the congregation. They were the princes of their tribes of their fathers. They became the heads of thousands amongst the Jewish people. Rashi verse 16. These were the people. They were the ones that were summoned whenever there was something important or anytime they had to deal with a communal item. These were the people that were chosen. Verse 17. And Mosha Aaron took these menikas who have been designated by their names. What does it mean? These name these people these 12 individual leaders that their names were explicitly mentioned in the previous verses. Verse 18. And therefore Moshe then assembled Mosha and Aaron assembled all of the congregation on the first day of the second month and they all registered their lineage according to their families according to their father's houses and the number of their names from 20 years and up according to their headcount. He explains this means they had to bring so to speak their birth certificates, their proof of where their lineage is from as well as witnesses to say that they were where and whom and which tribe they are from. Each person had to bring us proof to show that he belonged to this specific tribe. Verse 19. Mosha as God commanded Mosesi and he counted them in the Sinai desert. This concludes the first tower reading for parasitbar.