Parshat Pinchas
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Overview

• Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aharon turned back the wrath of Gd against the people and was given Hashem’s covenant of peace.
• Slain Israelite was Zimri ben Salu, leader of the house of Shimon; the Midianite woman was Cozbi bat Zur.
• Hashem tells Israel to kill the Midianites because of Peor and Cozbi.
• Hashem orders Moshe and Elazar to take a new census of males over twenty years.
• Reuven: 43,730

families: Hezron, Carmi, Pallu, Eliab (Nemuel, Dathan, Aviram ben Eliab)

• Shimon: 22,200

families: Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin, Zerah, Shaul

• Gad: 40,500

families: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ozni, Eri, Arod, Areli

• Yehudah: 76,500

families: Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, Hamul

• Yissachar: 64,300

families: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, Shimron

• Zevulun: 60,500

families: Sered, Elon, Jahleel

• Yosef

~ Manasseh: 52,700

families: Machir, Gilead, Iezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, Hepher (Zelophehad ben Hepher’s daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Tirzah)

~ Ephraim: 32,500

families: Shuthelah, Becher, Tahan, Eran ben Shuthelah

• Benyamin: 45,600

families: Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, Shephupham, Hupham, Ard ben Bela, Naaman ben Bela

• Dan: 64,400

families: Shuham

• Asher: 53,400

families: Imnah, Ishvi, Beriah, Heber ben Beriah, Malchiel ben Beriah (Asher’s daughter: Serah)

• Naphtali: 45,400

families: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, Shillem

• Total count of Israel: 601,730 Land divided by lot, according names of tribal fathers
• Levite count: 23,000 Gershon, Kohath, Merari families: Libnite, Hebronite, Mahlite, Mushite, Korahite, Amram: Aharon, Moshe, Miriam Aharon: Nadab, Avihu, Elazar, Ithamar
• Only men from Egypt: Calev ben Yephunneh, Yehoshua ben Nun
• Daughters of Zelophehad ask for right of inheritance in absence of a brother.
• Hashem rules that if a man dies with no son to inherit, it should go to the daughters; otherwise to next of kin.
• Moshe sees the Land from mountain of Abarim.
• Yehoshua chosen as successor to Moshe.
• Offerings
• Tamid (continual)
• Mussaf
• Shabbat
• Rosh Chodesh (New Month)
• Pesach (Passover)
• Shavuot (Weeks)
• Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot
• Shemini Atzeret

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