BaMidbar (Numbers) 25:10

1st Aliyah

HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aharon the Kohen, turned back My wrath from upon the Children of Y'israel, when he zealously avenged My vengeance among them, so I did not consume the Children of Y'israel, in My vengeance.

The Torah teaches us that the plaque had effected 24,000 Y'israelites, the people might have contended that the plaque was finally arrested not because Pinchas had slain Zimri, but because HaShem's anger against the Y'israelites for their transgression was cooled and His vengeance satisfied by the 24,000 victims.  The Torah therefore tells us that it was zealous action of Pinchas, solely, which turned away HaShem's anger and saved them from destruction.  If not for him nothing would have remained of the Y'israelites.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 26:5

2nd Aliyah

Reuben the firstborn of Y'israel--the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, the Hanochite family; of Pallu, the Palluite family; of Herzon, the Herzonite family; of Carmi, the Carmite family.

The Torah teaches us that the Reubenite tribe stemmed from the most senior of Ya'akov's sons.  Reuben's four sons gave rise to these four familial lines, their combined male population of twenty years and older numbered 43,730 men, not counting the younger men nor any females.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 26:52

3rd Aliyah

HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: To these shall the Land be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names.

The Torah teaches us that HaShem's instruction to Moshe was for those that enter the Promise Land and were twenty years and older per male.  None of the Land would be given to those now under twenty years of age, even though they will be past twenty when the seven years of conquest, in addition to the seven years it will take to partition the Land, have passed.  Only those 601,730 men tallied would receive a share.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 27:6

4th Aliyah

HaShem said to Moshe, saying: The daughters of Zelpphehad speak properly. You shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among the brothers of their father, and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass over to them.

The Torah teaches us that HaShem answered Moshe with justice in what the daughters of Zelpphehad were saying, and that while heretofore the pertinent law applicable to such a situation was inscribed on high and known only to HaShem, because of their merit, this law would become revealed through the daughters.  They were thus privileged to attain by divine inspiration that which the perception of Moshe did not penetrate.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 28:1

5th Aliyah

HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying: Command the Children of Y'israel and say to them: My offering, My food for My fires, My satisfying aroma, shall you  be scrupulous to offer to Me in its appointed time.

The Torah teaches us that we must at all times acknowledge the great acts of loving-kindness enacted toward mankind by HaShem Himself.  The innumerous miracles through the love of His creatures created to love HaShem in return.  How is it possible for mankind to adequately express their gratitude to Him for the two great gifts He bestowed upon all.  One, the Torah giving to a Chosen people for protection and sharing His Greatness with other nations of this world.  It is through His Grace mankind will and can reach a state of spiritual perfection.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 28:16

6th Aliyah

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be a pesach-offering to HaShem.

The Torah teaches us that the two bulls sacrificed correspond to Moshe and Aharon who were the divine envoys charged with taking the Y'israelites out of Mitzrayim to their Promised Land.  The sacrifice of the ram connotes strength, thus symbolizing the fact that HaShem's mercy and power are infinite.  The seven sheep correspond to the seven ancestral personalities: Noach, Avraham, Yitzchak, Ya'akov, Levi, Kohath and Amram.

BaMidbar (Numbers) 29:12

7th Aliyah

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, there shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall do laborius work; you shall celebrate a festival to HaShem for a seven-day period.

The Torah teaches us that what additional sacrifices are to be brought on the Succoth festival, which falls in the seventh month, the moth of Tishrei.  This offering includes 13 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 yearling sheep.

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