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This week's Parshah (Torah portion):

Moses' great-nephew is rewarded for his zealotry; he receives a "covenant of peace" because he killed a prince and princess from two non-Hebrew tribes who indeed posed a serious threat to Moses and his people.

In the Torah, the vav (ו) in the word "shalom" (שלום) is broken.

This story is followed by a story of five women who, facing an injustice, ask the question, "is there another way?"