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Parashat Vayera: Commentary
Why would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
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”?
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 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?
Parashat Mikeitz: Commentary
What are the gifts the brothers bring to Yosef?
Parashat Mikeitz: Commentary
Yosef’s brothers are dismayed after the Egyptian ruler (whom they don’t know is Yosef!) treats them harshly. Why do they emphasize the part where they ignore Yosef’s pain and don’t mention the crime of selling Yosef?
Parashat Mikeitz: Commentary
Why did Yosef put his brothers through such a difficult experience—keeping his identity secret for so long, pretending to accuse them of spying, hiding their money and the silver goblet, and imprisoning Shimon?