Winning the Spiritual Lottery
When I was young, I enjoyed counting my baseball cards over and over. Repeatedly counting something demonstrates how precious it is. That collection was valuable to me, especially, since it included baseball great Mickey Mantle. I wish I knew where my collection was now. Counting plays a pivotal role in this week’s Torah portion of Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1). God once again commands the Jewish people to take a census. Our sages explain that the repeated counting of the Jews was God’s way of s
Zalman Kravitz