The parashah opens with Moses, who has already been told by God that he will not enter the Promised Land, pleading for a ...

Each week, Ari Sliffman, a Jewish legal mediator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discusses the week’s Parshah “through the lens ...

Moses refused and thereby created – or perhaps reinforced – his image as the ideal leader of the people. From now on, every leader would be judged by the example of Moses.

Moses’s request is recorded in Numbers 27:15-17, and God responded: “‘Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership, and lay your hand on him’” (Numbers 27:18-23).

Hon. Bryan Acheampong is not beholden to the legacy factions that split the party. He is not tainted by defeat nor blinded by ambition. He represents continuity with transformation; the rare ability ...

"Whatever challenges are before you, my friend, be strong and courageous through faith in Jesus, the resurrected Christ," Eric Jay writes.

Contrast this with the profile of a Jewish leader that is commanded to go to the front line of battle and lead his troops onto victory. Rashi (in parashat Pinchas 27:17) states that Moses, Joshua ...