Concepts and Sedra Stats

Concepts

• Events involving the Meraglim (Spies)
• Additional laws of Korbanos
• First public violation of Shabbos
• The commandment of Tzitzis

People

• Moshe & Aharon
• Kalev
• Yehoshua
• Meraglim

Places

• Midbar, desert of Paran
• Kadesh Barnea

Mitzvos

3 mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 385-387 of 613 mitzvos in the Torah)
Two positive mitzvos and One prohibition

1. 385. To separate Chalah from dough (before becoming bread) and giving it to the Kohen.
2. 386. To place Tzitzis on a four-cornered garment.
3. 387. Not to stray after the thoughts of the heart and the sight of the eyes.

Year from Creation Timeline

• th of Iyar The episode with the Spies begins
• 8th of Av The Spies return to the encampment
• 9th of Av The Spies deliver their false report
• th of Ellul The Spies die

Sedra-Stats

• 37th of the 54 sedras; 4th of 10 in Sefer BaMidbar
• Written on 198 lines in a Sefer Torah; 25th of 54
• 10 parshios: 7 open, 3 closed
• Comparison to the other sedras:
• 119 pesukim – 21st of 54 (6th of 10 in BaMidbar)
• 1540 words – 27th of 54 (5th of 10 in BaMidbar)
• 5820 letters – 27th of 54 (4th of 10 in BaMidbar)

Notes:
Enlarged letter “Yud” in the word יגדל (14,17).
Concept of 10 people as the minimum for a Minyan derived from the 10 Spies.