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Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin’has (פנחס — Hebrew for “Phinehas,” a name, the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the book of Numbers. It constitutes Numbers 25:10–30:1. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in late June or July.

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Raising the Lowly on High

Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:46-19:21 Bamidbar 25:11: Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aaron the Kohen turned My anger away from the Children of Israel, in his zealousness is My zeal, from among them, so I did not consume the Children of Israel in My jealousy. Pinchas ben Elazar is a relatively unknown character in the Torah until this point.  We find he was only mentioned once before in Shemot 6:25 naming him as a son of Putiel or Yitro.(Sotah 43a)[1]   His lineage is discussed in the Gemara as being from Yoseph or Aaron as is stated in this parasha.  ‘Phinehas’ was the [priest] Anointed for Battle; ‘with the vessels of the sanctuary’ i.e., the ark and the tablets [of the decalogue] which were in it; ‘and the trumpets for the alarm’ i.e., the horns. — A Tanna taught: Not for naught did Phinehas go to the battle [against Midian] but to exact judgment on behalf of his mother's father [Joseph]; as it is said: And the Midianites sold him into Egypt etc. Is this to say that Phinehas was a descendant of Joseph? But behold it is written: And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; [and she bare him Phinehas]!Is it not to be supposed, then, that he was a descendant of Jethro who fattened [pittem] calves...

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Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Weekly Sidra: Phinehas (Pinchas) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:46-19:21 Frightened, he fled at once for his life. He came to Beer-Sheba, which is in Judah, and left his servant there; 4 he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush and sat down under i ...

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El Liderazgo Interior – Parashá Pinjás (Videos)

El Liderazgo Interior - Parashá Pinjás (Videos)

El Talmud, Zevajim 19, dice que Pinjás no era kohén antes de ejecutar a Zimrí. Sólo Aharón y su familia y su futura descendencia habían sido designados como sacerdotes (kohanim). Pero como Pinjás ya había nacido cuando Aharón y sus hijos fueron instalados como sacerdotes, él no ...

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Jewish Studies, Parasha Pinchas, Torah, Torah Video

Passionate for HaShem – Parasha Pinchas (Videos)

Passionate for HaShem - Parasha Pinchas (Videos)

Parshas Pinchas starts off where last week’s parsha finished. Moses sends Pinchas and the rest of Bnei Yisrael to war against the Midianites. We read about the act of Zimri and the response of Pinchas. The episode is described as follows: "Adonai  spoke to Moses, saying, 11 "Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, ha ...

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Jewish Roots, Parasha Pinchas, Torah, Torah Video

Parasha Overview: Pinchas (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Pinchas (Videos)

Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pinehas (פנחס) is the Hebrew name translated in English Bibles as Phinehas. It is also the name of the forty-first reading from the Torah because of the second verse of the reading, which says, “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath” (Numbers 25:11 ...

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