Bamidbar - 3rd Portion

Join me as we learn kumish for Tuesday the third Torah reading of parishes by midbar. Yesterday we learned about the counting of the Jewish people of each one of the tribes as well as we were told that the Levites do not are not to be counted together with the rest of the Jewish people. Today, the Torah continues to tell us how the Jewish people camped around the tabernacle and each person according to their banner and the amount of people that were in each tribe and each section of three tribes that camped around the four sides of the tabernacle. Many of today's Torah readings is seemingly similar and uh the words may sound repetitive. There's not too much rash on it. So therefore, it would sound like we're going through it a little swiftly. The Torah tells us about the camp as well as from the camp of how the people were the Jewish people were camped in the desert. We also learn many laws about it pertaining to Shabas. So what is the Shabas? The amount that a person's allowed to walk on Shabas but the act the being that we learn from all the situations that were surrounding the tabernacle concerning the laws of Shabas as well. Chapter 2 verse one. And God spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, "The Jewish people will camp each person by their divisions banner, by the insignas that are on the banner." That's the word, by the insignia of their father's houses. That's the way they should camp around. The Jewish people should camp. They must camp around the tent of meeting keeping a distance from the which is the tabernacle. This way leaving a distance in between what that distance is, what these insignias are. Rashi explains every single banner will have an insignia. What? It was a banner. It was a stick that had a uh banner which was colored hanging by the top. And the color of one banner should not be the same color as another banner. But each one should have its own banner, its own color. What would the color be? Whatever the color of that stone of that tribe, the way it is on the breastplate of the of the of the high priest, that was the color of the banner of each one of the tribes. This way, from a distance, each person can recognize where their camp is situated. Another explanation and with insignia according to their father's home before passed he gave every single tribe every one of the the his sons a sign a symbol and therefore when they carried him out of Egypt he said that it talks about that Yakov's sons carried him out of Egypt and it says that they did as Yakov commanded them what did Yakov command them because before he passed he told each one of his children where they should stand when they carry him out of Egypt. Yehud and Zul should be on the east and God should be from the south. And so to each one, this is with the exact same area where they all uh were situated when they were camped in the in the desert around the holy temple. Mine. What does the word mean? Mic meal. the distance of a meal which is 2,000 as it says as the distance should be between you and the ark should be 2,000 that they should be able to walk on chabas as we know that the amount of uh place that a person's allowed to walk on chabas according to some may even biblical and mostly agree it's rabbitic but the amount of space that a person's allowed to is outside of the city bounds as city limits is the is 2,000. Therefore, he says that when the distance between the camps shouldn't be more than 2,000 and the Levites were the ones that were resting the closest to the tabernacle. Verse three, and those that were camping in front to the east under the banner of the division of according to their troops, the prince, the leader of the tribe of Yehuda was the son of what is the word. If you were facing um in the front which was towards the east which is called the verse explains what is it called the east the front of the tabernacle would be east the back of the tabernacle of the back which is the west is called the back. So the east would be the front of the tabernacle. West would be behind the tabernacle and the and the troop and the people that are counted and the tally for the people of Yehuda was 74,600 and those that were camping next to him was the tribe of the leader of was and his tally and troop elephus was 54,400 mul the tribe of and the leader of Ali of was Ali the son of and its troop and the tally for the amount of people were in the tribe of was 75 was 57,400 verse 9 if you count all the people that were part of the banner of the division of Yehuda that which is the three tribes of Yehuda and Zulus would make it 186,400 according to their troops they would be the first ones to travel. What does it mean the first ones? The system was as follows. When they saw that the cloud of glory was starting to to ascend from the tabernacle then blowing their trumpets and then the tri the camp of Yehuda, the division of Yehuda would go first. When they were traveling, they would travel the same way they were dressed. So the same way they would encamp. There were three tribes in the front, three tribes in the back, three tribes on each side and the ley in the middle and the ar tabernacle in the in the in the center. So to when they traveled Yehuda would travel first and therefore would come the Levites and the wagons that were carrying Dolan tabernacle they were in the middle the banner of Yehuda was in the east ruin was on the south was in the west but was in the north. Verse 10. The division the banner on the division of Ruven would be to the south according to their troops and the leader of Ruven was and it and its tally of his troop was 46,500. Verse 12 and those that were together with him camping next to him was mate was a tribe of Shim and the leader of the tribe of Shim was the son of and his troops and his tally was 59,300 m and the tribe of God and the leader of the tribe of God Alas was alas of the son of previously it was called over Here he's called verse 15 and the tally of his troop at this point was 46,650 if you make a tally of all the people that were under the camp and of the division of was 150,450 those are the three tribes that we just spoke about which was the tribe of Ruvane Shim and God they according to their troops according to their banners they would travel second oh the 17 now those now that the and started to travel the tent of meeting the tabernacle started traveling as well who were the ones that were traveling with the tabernacle was machim the Levite camp they were in the center of the camps meaning just like when the people rested the center was the tabernacle and the Levites so too can you so when they traveled the center was the Levites as well each p each person according to his place and according to their banners that they had after the first two banners left that means the ru and started traveling like he previously explained in the previous rashi their travel was as if when they were rested meaning in a square every single banner went according to his direction the front the back the north and south and so on by it meaning on the side of it according to his place the word doesn't leave its original source of what it means because what is a hand meaning the side of him means on the side of him is so when a person sticks out his hand it's what's on the side of him it's what he's able to reach so when it means over here as well what's on the side of him what he's able to reach meaning on the side verse 18 the next one that would travel was the banner of the division of according to their troops according to their banners the leader of the leader of the son of and its troops and its tally was 40,500 of and together with him was the tribe of the leader of what does it mean on him it doesn't mean literally on him says that there was right next to him. The Torah then continues with telling us uh the tribe the division of Ephim and its its troops and its tally was 32,22 and the tribe of together with them and the leader of and his troops of Abramus was 35,400 all of the people according to the troop of of the division of Ephraim with that banner of which is the three tribes of and was came to a total tally of 108,000 100 according to their troops they would travel third we come now to the fourth side which is verse 25 this was the banner of the tribe of Dun the camp of Dun Let's according to their troops of the leader of Dun was its tal and its troops was 62,700 and the people that were together with him camping next to him were the people of the tribe of Usher usher the leader of Usher was their tally and their troops were was 41,500 and the tribe of the leader of was their tally and troops were 53,400 verse 31 taking all the people that were in Dun Dun which included Dasher and Afali they made a total of they were a total of 157,600. They were the ones that would set out last according to all the banners. Verse 32, these are the tallies of all the Jewish people according to their father's houses. This is the tally of all the different divisions that we just mentioned according to their troops. of the tally you get as we mentioned previously when we counted the tribes was 603,550 the Torah reminds us that this does not count the Levites because they were not counted amongst the rest of the Jewish people like God commanded Moshe and the Jewish people did exactly as everything was God commanded Moshe this is the way they journeyed journeyed according to their they encamped I'm sorry according to their banners so this is the same way they journeyed each person according to his family albe based on his paternal house meaning going according to the father tribal went according to the father and this is the way the Jewish people traveled throughout the desert this concludes the third Torah reading of parasidar