The Women of Moav, and Pinchas

Bilam

Is the place name "Shittim" just the place where the Jews sinned with the women of Moav, or was it named "Shittim" because the Jews sinned in "shtut" - foolishness: Bechorot 5b

How the women of Moav lured the Jewish men: Bechorot 5b

Three thousand laws were forgotten during the mourning for Moses. The people asked Joshua to ask Gd to re-teach them, but he refused because the Torah is "not in Heaven." Samuel and Pinchas refused, too, arguing that a prophet is not permitted to institute anything new: Temurah 15b-16a



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