Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Kiddush Hashem 

Parsha:

Behaalotecha 

References: Shabbat: 63A ,  Shabbat: 115B ,  Shabbat: 116A  

Description

Within the view that Vayehi BiNsoa is its own sefer, why is it a sefer in its own right? Ideas from the Rama and Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch, and a third idea: Here the Jews learn that Hashem has enemies, and we have a role to play vis-a-vis Hashem's relationship with the world. (Also: Alternative views of the 'nun' markings.)