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Grace in the wilderness: Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)

The book of Bamidbar, literally “in the desert” or “in the wilderness,” is a hard book to read. Over and over, plagues break out and thousands are killed. The reason, we are told, is a pronounced lack of faith in God. I found the repeated spilling of Israelite blood difficult, to say the least, until Bible scholar Adriane Leveen put it into mythic perspective for me.

A Torah Trek to Find a ‘God Moment’

I\’ve joined 14 adults on a daylong excursion in Malibu Creek State Park led by Rabbi Mike Comins, who runs Torah Trek, Spiritual Wilderness Adventures. Whether it\’s a one-day exercise for first-timers — like ours is — or a multiday meditative adventure, the idea is to spend time studying Torah, reading, thinking, meditating and seeking a \”God experience,\” as Comins calls it. We are now at the ultimate moment of the day, the portion called \”hitbodedut,\” which translates from the Hebrew as \”to be alone.\”

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