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Today all the news in the world just didn’t concern me or the family as my new grandson had his brit mila (circumcision). I normally do not write about personal family events since there is so much going on in Israel that needs a voice that israelseen helps provide. However, I just couldn’t contain my joy at this miracle of being a grandpa or Saba in Hebrew. My friends have told me for a number of years now that this is an amazing experience. Now my wife and I are just beginning to absorb this new opportunity to share ourselves with this new member of the tribe. I can get all high and mighty about how we can help shape this little soul into being a mench but right now I just feel so blessed to hold him and to feel the warmth that surrounds him in a community of love and affection.

It is our general destructive behavior and the lack of confidence we manifest through this behavior that has driven this cycle of communal suffering into the present day. We must personally take responsibility and move forward through the fear and insecurity to reach inward for our strength in order to make a constructive impact on our society and communal life as Israelis and Jews.

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“I beseeched G-d at that time” (Deuteronomy 3:23). Moses fulfilled his transcendental mission as the zealous vigilant-guide who led the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land.

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Ratnermuseum.com This is a regular feature on IsraelSeen by Dr. Yitzkak Hayut-Man. An innovator, futurist, visionary and Bible scholar. I have the utmost respect for the man I consider a friend. He is among the few that is courageous enough to allow the “open source” of the Torah-Bible to be presented in new and interesting ways for our greater understanding. for more go to his web site: http://www.global-report.com/thehope/a78-re-genesis-now-project-preface-introduction

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Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. “And Moses spoke to the heads of the Tribes, to the children of Israel saying (…)” (Numbers 30:2). This is how the portion of this week, Matot (Tribes), starts. We mentioned in previous commentaries that the Tribes represent traits or qualities that comprise Israel’s identity.

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Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel The previous portion, Balak, ends with the beginning of a story that continues in this week’s portion, Pinchas. It tells us about the circumstances in which “Pinchas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron”

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