daughters of Tzelafchad

Five Sisters Refute Missionaries This week’s Torah portion, Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1), provides a fascinating insight into women’s rights and a powerful rebuttal to missionaries. Before entering into the Land of Israel, God instructed Moses, “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel… by their fathers’ households” (Numbers 26:2). After the census, the Land of Israel was allotted to “the males as an inheritance” (Numbers 27:53). Upon hearing that inheritance would be passe