Pinchas

The Arizal among others[1] tells us Pinchas was a גלגל; reincarnation of Yitzchak. The following are allusions to this. A) The numerical value of פינחס is 208, Identical to that of יצחק. B) Both Yitzchak and Pinchas were Moser Nefesh:[2] Yizchak at the עקידה and Pinchas in the episode of Kozbi an...

Have you been searching for G-d? As we all know, the "hero" of this Parasha earns the distinct honor of having the Parasha named after him. ;Of course, we are talking about Pinchas. ;(In fact, out of all the fifty-four Parashiot in the Torah, only six of them are named after a person!) ;Pincha...

Today is the second day of Adar Alef, which equals = 208 = the name of Pinchas, who was zealous in tikkun habris and killed Zimri when he sinned with the Midianite woman. We too, need to be zealous in fixing ourselves. Sometimes, a person thinks that if he strengthens himself enough, his addictio...

In the begining of this weeks Parsha, it is written: ;"And the name of the Israelite man who was smitten, who was smitten with the Midyanite, was ;Zimri Ben Salu the head of the tribe of Shimon". ;The holy Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh, whose Yartzeit is today, asks why the Torah wrote twice the words "wh...

The Medrash on this week's Parsha says that Pinchas ;drove his spear straight through their genitals ;of ;Zimri and Kuzbi the Midyanite, as they were sinning together. Then, G-d gave ;Pinchas divine strength and he was able to ;lift both of their ;their dead bodies up out of the tent, while still...

We saw in last weeks Parsha how the wrath of G-d was kindled against the Jewish people for sinning with the Moabite women, and a great plague broke out killing 24,000 people. It was only through the zealousness of Pinchas that the wrath of G-d was quieted. We can learn from this two important les...

So many people seem to be struggling recently against a seemingly ;invincible enemy. Many of our greatest warriors experienced falls, and others were posting how they've never felt so close the edge of the abyss. I received a lot of e-mails with calls for help, people were claiming they felt as i...

Pinchas was a zealot and therefore he was the one person who was rightfully able to kill Zimri (as per the Halacha of Habo'el aramis ;kanaim pogiin bo).But here is the bombshell: ;The Torah calls Pinchas a man of peace!!"A zealot?" you ask, "does that not conjure up an image which is ;opposite of...

After Bila'am's failed efforts to curse the Jewish people, he devised another ploy. He advised the nations of Midian and Moav to lure the Jews to sin through salacious activities. Midian complied wholeheartedly, offering its daughters as conspirators in the profanity. The scheme worked. The Jews ...