Ari’s Team

Why is this Parsha named after an antisemite? Why did God have a donkey talk to Bilaam? Am K'Lavi Yakum... why did Bilaam switch from a lioness to a lion?

When it comes to following God's laws, is it really about me — about my own understanding? And if morality is just "the way I was brought up," what is it actually based on? Why does the red heifer's law make one person pure and another impure? What is God really teaching us through a law we're not meant to understand?

If Korach was one of the wisest men alive, why did he challenge Moshe Rabbeinu — and what does his punishment teach us about wealth, happiness, and what we truly own?

Why was the sin of the spies worse than the Golden Calf? Why did ten leaders see fear and obstacles, while Yehoshua and Calev saw faith and destiny? And how often do we let fear and “technical details” stand in the way of the mission Hashem gives us?

The menorah gives light — but who is it giving light to? It's not giving light to the Jewish people in the Mikdash, and God does not need light. So why is He commanding us to light this menorah that seems to be useless for everyone? And why does it have to be built from one piece of gold — when every other vessel in the Mikdash was assembled from parts?

Living holiness in this world.

You would think the first thing the Torah talks about in Bamidbar would be unity — all the laws between man, everything that keeps society in line. Instead, it separates the nation into tribes, numbers every individual, and assigns distinct roles. Why?

Are you keeping the law, or just afraid of getting caught?