Why This week

The weekly Torah section this week is called Pinchas, and the beginning is about him, while the Haftorah is all about Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah the Prophet). That is because, as is widely understood, Eliyahu is considered to be an incarnation of Pinchas. [I assume you all noticed right away the very obvious connection also to last week’s reading, Balak. If not, you can ask me; I won’t tattle.  ]