About this episode

The episode discusses the surprising conclusion of the Book of Bamidbar, focusing on the inheritance laws related to Tzelafchad's daughters.

The Book of Bamidbar ends on a bit of a surprising note. The final chapter of our book revisits the somewhat technical narrative relating to the inheritance of the ancestral lands of a man named Tzelafchad. This man from the tribe of Menashe died without sons, and in chapter 27 of the book of numbers […]

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Topics covered

• inheritance
• Bamidbar
• Tzelafchad
• Menashe
• judaism
• spirituality

Keywords

• Bamidbar
• Tzelafchad
• inheritance
• judaism
• spirituality
• Menashe
• chapter 27
• numbers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Book of Bamidbar, chapter 27 of the book of numbers

Places: Menashe

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