This is not a journalistic report in the traditional sense and it involves equal measures of history and religion with a heavy dose of wishful thinking. But those of us who delve occasionally into ...

“The children of Reuben and the children of Gad possessed much cattle, and they saw the land of Ya’zer and the land of Gilead, and behold, it was a land for pasture…. And they said [to Moshe]: ‘If we ...

In the Torah reading of Matot, we’re informed how the tribes of Gad and Reuben were blessed with a significant wealth of flocks. The leadership of those tribes demanded of Moses to let them stay on ...

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Matot-Masei Sermon. Sinai Congregation of SJ, CA. Parashat Matot-Masei presents us with profound themes of collective responsibility, military service, and Jewish unity, just before the Israelites ...