Beit El (in red circle) was in the territory given to the Tribe of Ephraim. Rabbenu Bachya asks as follows in this week’s parsha: Why did God send twelve scouts and not a smaller number like the two ...

During our desert wandering, the twelve tribes were grouped into four divisions when they camped around the tabernacle. Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim of Prague, the Kli Yakar (1550-1619), on Numbers 2:3, ...

And he [Jacob] blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. – Genesis 48:20 This week’s Torah ...

The implication here is that Tel Aviv represents the modern, secular, economic, and defense powerhouse of the country. While ...