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Parshat B’midbar 5768: Story as Transformer

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Steven Lipton — Leave a comment

I want to talk about story. This week, we begin the book of Numbers, B’midbar in Hebrew. It starts on a very boring note: census data. Parshat B’midbar is seemingly not the most exiting stuff in the world. The book…

Parshat Korach 5767: Too Rational to Live

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Steven Lipton — Leave a comment

Numbers 16:1-18:32 This week we have the story of the Korach rebellion and its aftermath. Korach, Dathan and Abiram, along with 250 of the leading figures in the community rebel against Moses and Aaron, and want to be included as…

Parshat B’midbar 5767: In the Word,In the Story

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Steven Lipton — Leave a comment

Numbers 1:1-4:20 I want to talk about story. This week, we begin the book of Numbers, B’midbar in Hebrew. It starts on a very boring note: census data. Parshat B’midbar is seemingly not the most exiting stuff in the world.…