The distribution of the land

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1. The Daughters of Zelophehad

   Rabbanit Sharon Rimon

   The census in Parashat Pinhas is in anticipation of the division of the land. Why does the Torah insert two unrelated stories - the story of Datan, Aviram, and the sons of Korah, and the story of the daughters of Zelophehad? Apparently these are stories describing situations in which a person might lose his inheritance in the land, following a severe sin, or in a case of no legal heirs. Zelophehad's daughters claim that their father, who had no sons, does not deserve to lose his inheritance as someone who sinned severely, like Korah.

2. Yehoshua Perek 18

   Jesse Salem | 18 minutes

   Yehoshua chapter 18 describes the division of the land into the tribe of Binyamin’s portion. 

    

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3. Yehoshua Perek 19

   Jesse Salem | 26 minutes

   Yehoshua Perek 19 describes the division of the land into portions for the tribes of Shimon, Zevulun, Yisachar, Asher, Naftali, and Dan.  

    

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4. Mattot - Masei: Are Tribal Divisions a Good thing?

   Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell | 15 minutes

   In last week’s parsha (Pinhas), the Daughters of Tzelofhad ask for a land portion in order to contine their father’s name. This week, their kinsmen come, and express their concern and desire to ensure that their tribal lands  stay within the tribe. The solution offered is that the daughters of Tzelofhad are to marry within their tribe. But this raises difficulties: what if they were married? Was this merely a temporary provision, before the actual land distribution? What would be so terrible about land moving from tribe to tribe? Is the notion of the tribe too particularist to map on to concepts we know today?

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