ערי מקלט
Cities of Refuge
8 source sheets
The Forty-Two Levitical Cities
Sources examine the biblical designation of forty-two cities given to the Levites alongside six cities of refuge, exploring their halakhic status, spiritual purpose, and distribution across the tribes of Israel.
וְעַלֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם עִיר
Priorities and Purpose in Parashat Matot
Sources explore the spiritual and ethical lesson embedded in the tribes of Reuven and Gad's request to settle east of the Jordan, focusing on how material concerns can obscure communal responsibility and how proper ordering of values—placing people before possessions and collective mission before private benefit—reflects divine wisdom.
לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ וְלֵב כְּסִיל לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ
Priorities and Purpose in Parashat Matot
Sources explore the spiritual and ethical lesson embedded in the tribes of Reuven and Gad's request to settle east of the Jordan, focusing on how material concerns can obscure communal responsibility and how proper ordering of values—placing people before possessions and collective mission before private benefit—reflects divine wisdom.
לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ וְלֵב כְּסִיל לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ
The Six Cities of Refuge
Sources exploring the biblical and rabbinic laws governing the cities of refuge (arei miklat), their distribution across Israelite territory, and the procedures by which an inadvertent killer finds sanctuary there. The sources address both the foundational commandment and its detailed halakhic implementation.
וְשֵׁשׁ עָרִים הָיוּ
Numerology: Shema and the Cities of Refuge
Sources exploring the number forty-two as it appears in both the recitation of Shema and the biblical allocation of Levitical cities of refuge. The sources examine the textual basis for these two distinct applications of the same number.
וַעֲלֵיהֶם תִּתְּנוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם עִיר
The Six Cities of Refuge
Sources exploring the biblical and rabbinic laws governing the cities of refuge (arei miklat), their distribution across Israelite territory, and the procedures by which an inadvertent killer finds sanctuary there. The sources address both the foundational commandment and its detailed halakhic implementation.
וְשֵׁשׁ עָרִים הָיוּ
Forty-Two Journeys and Levite Cities
Sources explore the numerical parallel between the forty-two stages of the Israelites' wilderness journey and the forty-two Levite cities, including the cities of refuge. Classical and Hasidic commentaries examine both the historical record of the travels and their spiritual significance.
אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל
Forty-Two Journeys and Levite Cities
Sources explore the numerical parallel between the forty-two stages of the Israelites' wilderness journey and the forty-two Levite cities, including the cities of refuge. Classical and Hasidic commentaries examine both the historical record of the travels and their spiritual significance.
אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל