Parashat Matot-Massei
Dedicated Le’ilui Nishmat Joseph, Shelomo, and Emily Hamaoui A’H by Albert R. Mosseri Parashat Matot-Massei This parasha begins by discussing nedarim. The English word closest to neder is “vow.” When someone makes a neder it becomes as binding as a commandment of the Torah, to the point that if the person violates the neder, there is a court-imposed penalty. For instance, if a person takes a neder to abstain from drinking wine, the wine now takes on the same status as pork. F