Opinion: After Pinhas killed Zimri and Cozbi at the end of the previous Torah portion, God rewards him in this week’s Torah portion with “briti shalom,” with “My covenant of peace.

Opinion: After Pinhas killed Zimri and Cozbi at the end of the previous Torah portion, God rewards him in this week’s Torah portion with “briti shalom,” with “My covenant of peace.” Link Jews must stop letting this one mitzvah fuel fanaticism - opinion I hope that we will take this lesson to heart and remember that Jews are commanded to observe the entire system of mitzvahs – both ritual and ethical.