Parsha Nasso: Numbers 4:21-Numbers 7:89

Parsha Nasso Day 4 (Part 1): (Numbers 5:11-31) (Study Notes)

(Numbers 5:11-31)

This section of our Parsha Study discusses the "ritual case of jealousy" when a man is overcome with jealousy when his wife has "gone astray" by having sexual relations with another man. We learn that if a man's wife has committed adultery, then his wife has "broken faith" with her husband. The language used here is the same language that is used when Hashem discussed how a Jew breaks faith with Him whenever we harm another human being, especially another Jew.

From this parallel use of language, we can understand how the relationship between a husband and a wife parallels the relationship that Hashem has with every Jew: He is our Ishi. When we go astray and worship other gods, we commit spiritual adultery against hashem and "break faith with Him".

(Numbers 5:13)

We learn that the adulterous…

Parsha Nasso Day 4: Numbers 5:11-6:27

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

11 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־תִשְׂטֶ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וּמָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖וֹ מָֽעַל׃

12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man’s wife go aside, and act unfaithfully against him,

וְשָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֒רַע֒ וְנֶעְלַם֙ מֵעֵינֵ֣י אִישָׁ֔הּ וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה וְהִ֣יא נִטְמָ֑אָה וְעֵד֙ אֵ֣ין בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃