Family Fun Pinchas

Pinchas, the epitome of bravery mixed with mercy, brought an end to a terrible plague by carrying out what he knew to be the right action. As a reward he was allowed to follow the footsteps of his father and illustrious grandfather Aharon and become a Kohen for life! Some say he eventually became Eliyahu HaNavi!

The Jewish men over the age of twenty were then counted once again. Hashem is not pleased to punish His nation and to show how precious we are, we are counted again similar to how a shepherd would recount his flock if a calamity had occurred. The total was 601,730.

This led to the next part of the Parsha which was how to apportion the holy