"The most jaw-dropping line in the Torah"

I'm preparing a post on Parashat Matot/Masei, but I don't want to ignore this unpleasant but important reading: Parashat Matot, courtesy of Y. Block via DovBear's blog.

 

"I'm starting to wonder if Tosafot (Megilla 31b) are wrong: maybe we combine Mattot and Masei not to get the bad stuff out of the way before year's end, but so that we can bury the lead."

 

See here.