Day: March 1, 2026

תוכן העניינים

תוכן העניינים
Bamidbar Chapter 15 covers the laws of menachot (meal offerings) and nesachim (libations) that accompany every korban, explaining why these agricultural offerings — flour, oil, and wine — are tied to entering Eretz Yisrael, where the people would finally have their own grain and vineyards. The chapter also presents the mitzvah of challah (separating a portion of dough), the distinction between unintentional sin (shogeg) requiring a korban and defiant sin (beyad ramah) resulting in karet, the story of the mekoshesh (Shabbat wood-gatherer) and his execution by stoning, and finally the mitzvah of tzitzis — a thread of techeiles extending the kedushah of the priestly garments to every Israelite as a constant reminder to follow Hashem's commandments rather than straying after one's eyes and heart.