Nazirite

נמצאו 11 תוצאות חיפוש

1. Nazir

   Rabbanit Sharon Rimon

   What is the purpose of becoming a Nazir? Abstaining from the comforts of the world, or achieving kedusha? Is Nezirut positive, or problematic? Is the Nazir like a High Priest - a Cohen Gadol - or is he a sinner? What is the significance of the sin offering he is required to bring when he has completed his vow? We will analyze these question while discussing the details of the prohibitions of the Nazir. The Nazir expresses the human complexity - the desire to achieve holiness in the physical world.

2. The Naziriteship of Shimshon

   Haftarot: Naso

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   Manoah and his wife appear to be passive characters, which don't even pray to God to resolve their infertility. On the other hand, Shimshon is a described as energetic, passionate, and impulsive. His nazirite is meant to channel these qualities to a positive place. Parashat Naso presents the nazirite as a mitzvah that leads to kedusha, while the haftara emphasizes the problems that stem from becoming a nazir.

3. 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.

4. The Birth of Shimshon the Nazirite

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   Once again, in the Book's final gasp, the sorry cycle of Israelite treachery and Divine counter-wrath is stated, but this time the oppressors have a new identity.  Gone are the Canaanites, Moavites, Midianites and Ammonites of earlier cycles, now replaced by a foe far more menacing and more fierce: the Philistines.

   The character of Shimshon is introduced as a Nazir from birth which demands an in depth investigation of the laws of the Nazir. 

    

5. Considering the Naziritehood of Shimshon of Dan

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   Shimshon's nazirite status is unique and peculiar. The nazir is by definition a person who is profoundly driven towards an encounter with the Divine. Shimshon's status is imposed upon him by Divine command from birth and not by choice. Just like the Hazal describe the Nazir as a reaction to the Sotah - the breakdown of the relationship between a husband and wife - so too God's command of coerced Nazirite status upon Shimshon is a reaction to the complete adoption of the immoral Cannanite lifestyle by the nation by the end of the Book of Judges. 

6. The Strange Laws of the Nazir

   Rabbi Shlomo Dov Rosen

7. Nazir - Kehuna for Everyone?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

8. The Nazir Must Bring a Sin Offering - is Naziritehood Ideal?

   Rabbi David Silverberg

9. Nazir - Ideal?

   Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell

   תאריך פרסום: תשס"ח | |

   Parashat Naso includes the details of the laws surrounding one who decides to become a nazir. A nazir is one who makes extreme decisions in his life, and there is a debate among the sages  regarding the  proper attitude toward the nazir– is nazir doing something praiseworthy or not?

   We explore the Ramban's perspective to gain insights about  moderation as a general ideal, but extremes being sometimes necessary to counter sinful instincts - ideas that can be applied to the nazir. The great man is the man who understands his failings and works to overcome them, which is what the nazir may be doing. As human beings, we need to know our weaknesses and strengths, work with our weaknesses, and make the right decisions despite them.

10. Naso: To Be or Not to Be!

    Rabbi Jay Kelman

11. Parshat Naso - The Nazir and the Book of Bamidbar

    Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 38 דקות

    We will be looking at the Nazirite vow. Crucial to our investigation is the context – what is this voluntary vow doing here, when the Kohen is at the centerpiece of most of the other chapters of Parashat Nasso? And why is the Nazir commanded to bring a sin offering at the end of his Nazir period? What sin has he committed?

    We note parallels between the Nazir status and the Kohen Gadol, and contrast the intrinsic holiness of the Kohen with the voluntary holiness of the Nazir. In the optional Nazirite vow is a solution to any misconception about Bnei Yisrael being stuck outside, away from the holiness of the Mishkan. Through the nazirite vow, holiness is accessible to all of Bnei Yisrael , even as Bemidbar describes a social, political, and  religious hierarchy.

    Parashat Naso emphasizes the unique holiness of every member of Bnei Yisrael, correcting any misconception to the contrary. It reminds us that everyone can achieve a status equivalent to the Kohen Gadol.