Episode 98: Chapter 47b - Receiving the Torah at Sinai

The Theology of the Baal Peor cult / Promiscuity & Idolatry are especially bad / Sexual immorality weakens the Tzelem Elokim & leads to Avodah Zarah / Pinchas spears Zimri & Kozbi in their sexual organs / The priestly presents of the forearm, cheeks, & stomach / Pinchas prayed for the end of the plague / Pinchas = Eliyahu (double theophoric name) / 80 Kohanim Gedolim descend from Pinchas / Can Eliyahu HaNavi's wife get remarried? / The prohibition of Stam Yaynam (gentile wine) / Spear (romach) = mercy (rachamim) = donkey (chamor) = womb (rechem) / Ibn Virga on the ban on gentile wine / The Festival of the First Vintage in the DSS / Wine leads to promiscuity / Pinchas leads the War of Revenge against Midian / Elazar's prophecy about what to do with Midianite vessels / Why did the Jewish Soldiers bring back Midianite women?