Ari Goldwag - Bamidbar - Raise Your Flag Ari Goldwag - Bamidbar - Raise Your Flag

What is the concept of the flags and the encampment of the tribes in the wilderness? What does it mean that their encampment corresponds to the Heavenly Angels who surround Hashem's throne? Why did the Jewish people desire to have flags when they saw the angels surrounding Hashem's throne also had flags at the revelation at Sinai? Why was it that the flags usually had some symbol that corresponded to the blessing of Jacob to each of the tribes? Why did the 12 brothers form this very formation around Jacob's coffin in carrying him up to be buried in Israel? Find out in this week's parsha podcast.