The Sanctity of the Camp

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1. Completing the Mahane

   Rabbi Ezra Bick

   Parashat Naso elaborates on four different mitzvot. What is the significance of the placement of these mitzvot among the stories of Bemidbar? Sending the impure from the camp is part of the creation of a camp worthy of God's Divine Presence. Apparently Sotah and Nazir, and even the Guilt Offering for Abuse of Sanctified Property, address the social ramifications of this theme. The Camp is a spiritual, as well as physical, entity. As such, it must remain pure, and focused on its purpose and objective - enabling God to dwell within His nation.

2. The Camp and the Chariot

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

   What is the reason for the commandment to send the impure form the camp? Why are the laws of impurity in the camp placed at this intersection in the Book of Bemidbar? Was the distance meant to prevent accidental impurity in Holy Places? Or perhaps the prohibition indicates that there is inherent purity to the Camp of Israel? Apparently the order and structure of the Israeli Camp indicates that the Camp is a chariot for the Divine Presence, which requires an attention to the purity of the camp as a whole.

3. Three Camps

   Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky