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Parashat Eikev: Commentary
The concept of דְּבֵקוּת (deveikut) describes being so close to God, it’s like you’re stuck to God. But what does it mean to be close to God?
Parashat Eikev: Commentary
Our parashah is named for a strange word. What is the meaning of “eikev”?
Parashat Eikev: Commentary
What does it mean that a person cannot live on bread alone? How do God's words give life?
Parashah Va'era Family Discussion Guide
There is a major debate about God hardening Pharaoh’s heart. The most simple understanding is that God made Pharaoh more stubborn during the plagues so that he wouldn’t free Benei Yisrael. Was this a fair thing to do?
Parashat Re'eh: Commentary
What does it mean to pour out blood like you pour out water?
Parashat Terumah: Commentary
Something confusing is happening here with the order of events with receiving the torah, חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל (heit ha-eigel), and building the mishkan. What do some commentators think is going on?
Parashat Pekudei: Commentary
In the opening pasuk of our parashah, there’s a new description of the mishkan, one that hasn’t yet come up in the Torah. For the first time, the mishkan is called מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת (mishkan ha-eidut).
What important thing was being witnessed and shared here?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Commentary
What can we learn from the way that Avraham’s servant chose Rivkah?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Commentary
Why did Lavan run to meet Avraham's servant at the well?
Parashat Lekh Lekha: Commentary
Why did God want to convey the message that God listens?
Parashat Lekh Lekha: Commentary
What is Avraham asking when he says: “God, how will I know that I will possess it (Eretz Yisrael)?”
Parashat Vayera: Commentary
What does the angel mean when he tells Hagar that God heard the cry of Yishmael “בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם where he is”?
Parashat Vayera: Commentary
Why would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
Parashat Va'era: Commentary
God commands Moshe to go and "command them to Benei Yisrael..." but what did God command?
Parashat Noah: Commentary
What was the problem with building the tower of Bavel?
Parashat Noah: Commentary
What does it mean that Noah is a “righteous, pure person,” specifically “in his generations”?
Parashat Kedoshim: Commentary
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wondered the meaning of the phrase לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ (do not stand upon your neighbor’s blood). What exactly is being commanded?
Parashat Bereishit: Commentary
What might it mean that humans should rule over the earth? Explore two different commentators' interpretations?
Parashat Bereishit: Commentary
What does "the image of God" mean?
Parashat VaYakhel: Commentary
What makes a person “heart-wise,” and why was this term used to describe the people who helped build the mishkan?