📜 Parashat Matot
Numbers · portion 42 of 54 Numbers 30:2–32:42
What happens this week?
The portion begins with the importance of keeping your word: if you make a promise, you must keep it.
The tribes of Reuben and Gad want to live east of the Jordan River, where there is good land for their cattle. Moses agrees — if they first help their brothers conquer the land.
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Parashat Matot quiz
What does the portion say about promises?
Which tribes wanted to stay east of the Jordan?
Why did they want that land?
What did Moses ask them to do first?
🕯️ For the Shabbat table
Why is it important to keep your promises?
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