Matot-Masei — Chabad Springfield

Our Parsha - Matot-Masei

Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Matot-Masei.

Console the Father - Console the Child

The Torah portions of Matos and Masei are combined and read on the same Shabbos in two cases: when that Shabbos precedes the month of Menachem Av...

The Name of the Parsha

Parshas Matos is always read during the three weeks of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple, an event which plugged the Jewish people...

The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha: Matos-Masai

A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.

The 3 a.m. Audience

We entered the Rebbe's room close to 3 a.m. First, the Rebbe and the young woman conducted a brief search for a common language: they tried...

Torah As A City of Refuge

Before the Jewish People enter the Land of Israel, God commands Moses to designate six cities of refuge. The Torah laws of the cities of refuge are...

Moshiach in the Parshah

Towards the end of Matot we read about the tribes of Re’uven, Gad and half the tribe of Menashe, who approached Moshe with a proposal. “The land...

The Last Word

Our Sages taught, "The words of Torah protect," like a City of Refuge. A person may be tempted to step outside the spiritual "City of Refuge" of...

Children's Corner

In this parshah, we read about the journeys of B'nei Yisrael in the desert, and about the different places where they camped. One of those places...