Matot
Parashat Matot explores vows, battles, and the tribes’ request to settle in the land east of the Jordan River.
Parashat Matot-Masei: Forgive Me, For I Have Vowed
In Parashat Matot we are introduced to the legal intricacies of making vows. I am using the word “vow” here in its halakhic sense, which is a commitment to perform or avoid a certain action. The rabbis of the Mishnah argued that vows can be undone if it can be proven that the one who […]