“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; �you are of more value than many sparrows.”�Matthew 10:28

‘If any man’s wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him, and a man lies with her carnally . . . and there is no witness against her . . . The priest shall bring her near, and set her before HaShem; and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. . . He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse, and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.”�Numbers 5:12-24

“When G’d fashioned man, He took from the dust around the earthen altar, and thus vapor rose to irrigate that dust, so that man was formed from dust and water. When man became corrupt and sinned, he became a vessel of earthenware on account of this dust contained in the material he was made of. . . This is why the sotah is given water to drink out of a vessel made of earthenware.”�R’ Isaiah Horowitz, Shney Luchot HaBrit, translated by R’ Eliyahu Munk, Volume 3, pg 861

“The Kohen shall have the woman stand before HaShem and uncover the woman’s head…”�Numbers 5:18

“If his wife goes aside. 

(She) deviates from the path of modesty.”�Sforno on Parashat Nasso, Mesorah Publications, ltd., pg. 664

Shomer Negi’ah

Yichud

ופרע AND HE SHALL PUT IN DISORDER [THE WOMAN’S HAIR] — … We may learn from this that as regards married Jewish women an uncovered head is a disgrace to them (Sifrei Bamidbar 11).”�Rashi on Numbers 5, Sefaria.org

“Rashi defines the word para as 'to make wild': her hair should be released, her braids undone.”

R’ Ari Kahn, A Head Full of Holiness, Aish.com

Tichel

1 Corinthians 11:2–16

“C. F. D. Moule wrote that the problems raised by 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 “still await a really convincing explanation.”¹ G. B. Caird added, “It can hardly be said that the passage has yet surrendered its secret.”² W. Meeks regarded it as “one of the most obscure passages in the Pauline letters.”³

Wild Hair and Gender Equality in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, CBE International

“1 Corinthians 11:2-16 is an exegetical minefield.

Almost every line is subject to debate.”�Preston Sprinkle, Theology in the Raw

“AVSHALOM GLORIED IN HIS HAIR etc. Our Rabbis have taught: Avshalom rebelled [against his father] through his hair, as it is said: There was none to be so much praised as Avshalom for his beauty . . . And when he cut his hair, at every year's end that he cut it because the hair was heavy on him. Therefore he cut it, and he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, in the king's weight. It has been taught that [the king's weight] was the weight with which the men of Tiberias and Sepphoris weigh. Therefore he was hanged by his hair, as it is said: And Avshalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Avshalom rode upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth, and the mule that was under him walked on. He took a sword and wished to cut himself loose.”

Talmud Bavli Sotah 10b, cited in R’ Ari Kahn, M’oray HaAish: A Head Full of Holiness

“When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to HaShem, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink…All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to HaShem. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long…”�Numbers 6:2-8

“Why is the portion of a Nazirite placed adjacent to the portion of a Sotah? This was done to tell you that anyone who sees a Sotah in her disgrace as she undergoes the rite of the bitter water should renounce wine, as wine is one of the causes of sexual transgression, as it loosens inhibitions.”�Sotah 2a, The William Davidson Talmud, Sefaria.org ¹

“You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Torah. They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moshe, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk after the customs. What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow. Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the Torah. But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality. Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the Temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.”�Acts 21:17-26

1. There were tens of thousands of believers in Yeshua who were zealous for the Torah.�
2. They were told that Paul was teaching Jews not to follow the Torah nor the customs – which was FALSE. �
3. The Jerusalem Council rules exactly as Judaism does, that non-Jews are only obligated to the 7 Laws of Noah, and are not required to convert to have a share in the Olam Haba (World to Come). However, since Moshe is preached in the synagogues every Shabbat, they are invited to participate. 

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• Paul himself participated in the Temple sacrificial system and supported it dispelling any notions to the contrary.  

“Shimon Hatzaddik said: In the whole of my life, I never ate of the guilt-offering of a nazir, except in one instance. There was a man who came to me from the south. He had beautiful eyes and handsome features, with his locks heaped into curls. I asked him: “Why, my son, did you resolve to destroy such beautiful hair?” He answered: “In my native town I was my father’s shepherd, and on going down to draw water from the well I saw my reflection [in its waters]. My heart leaped within me and my evil inclination assailed me, seeking to compass my ruin, and so I said to it: ‘Evil one! Why do you plume yourself over a world that is not your own? For your end is but worms and maggots. I swear that I shall shear these locks to the glory of Heaven!” Then I rose and kissed him upon his head and said to him: “May there be many nazirites such as you in Israel. Of one such as yourself does the verse (Numbers 6:2) say: ‘A man or a woman who shall pronounce a special vow of a nazir, to consecrate themselves to G‑d.’”

Talmud, Nazir 4b; Sifri, cited at Chabad.org

Yosef HaTzaddik

Shimshon HaGibbor

Shmuel HaNavi

Yochanan HaMatbil

Yeshua HaMashiach

Yaakov HaTzaddik

Shaul HaShaliach

“The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers (nazir, achav, נְזִיר אֶחָיו).”�Genesis 49:26

“One who says, "I proclaim myself a Nazirite on the day that the Messiah will come" becomes a Nazirite immediately and remains so forever after, since the Messiah realistically can— and perhaps will— arrive any day.”�The Kehot Chumash, Parshat Naso, Chassidic Insights, citing Or HaTorah, Nach, pp. 460-461, 304-305; Sefer HaSichot 5751, pp. 588-589 cited at Chabad.org

The additional words “to G-d” teach that any vow a person takes is meant to draw him closer to G-d (Likutey Halakhot III, p. 14a)

Rebbe Nachman’s Torah: Numbers-Deuteronomy (Kindle Locations 437-439). �Breslov Research Institute.

The blessing must be pronounced in the Holy Tongue �(Sotah 38a) . Blessing comes about only through a holy tongue (Likutey Moharan II, 2:5) meaning, a tongue that does not engage in speaking vulgarity, slander, mockery, and so forth. Only a person with such a tongue can bring about blessing.

Rebbe Nachman’s Torah: Numbers-Deuteronomy (Kindle Locations 476-481). Breslov Research Institute

“Even his hair is holy, because a Nazirite who has pledged himself to G-d draws his sanctity from the level of “The hair of his head was like clean wool” (Daniel 7:9), which corresponds to the level of Atik, the level of Keter. The Torah portion of the Nazirite is always read on the Shabbat after Shavuot, since Shavuot also represents the level of Keter, whose sanctity we attain by counting the Omer ( Likutey Halakhot III, p. 218).”

Rebbe Nachman’s Torah: Numbers-Deuteronomy - Breslov Insights into the Weekly Torah Reading (Kindle Locations 441-445). Breslov Research Institute.

“…I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, ¹³ and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire…When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore”

Revelation 1:12-14, 17-18, ESV