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Parashat Bo: CommentaryDid Benei Yisrael lie and steal on their way out of מִצְרַיִם (Mitzrayim, Egypt)? The commentaries offer different interpretations to God's instruction that Benei Yisrael borrow gold and silver from their Egyptian neighbors.
Parashat Bo: CommentaryHow did it feel to offer and eat the קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח (korban pesah, pesah offering)?
Parashat Bo: CommentaryHow did it feel to offer and eat the קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח (korban pesah, pesah offering)?
Parashat Bo: CommentaryLearn about the verses in the tefillin from our parashah that remind us of the miracles of the Exodus.
Hadar Institute•579 Views•January 4, 2024•Parshanut,Tefillin,Parashat Bo,Miracles,Phylacteries,Devash
Parashah Va'era Family Discussion GuideThere 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?
Hadar Institute•862 Views•January 28, 2022•The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart,Parashat Vaera,Devash,Ten Plagues,Commentary,Parshanut
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: CommentaryWhat can we learn from the way that Avraham’s servant chose Rivkah?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: CommentaryWhy did Lavan run to meet Avraham's servant at the well?
Hadar Institute•375 Views•July 22, 2022•Hayei Sarah,Commentaries,Parshanut,Chaye Sarah,Hayye Sarah,Devash
Parashat Lekh Lekha: CommentaryWhy did God want to convey the message that God listens?
Hadar Institute•342 Views•September 29, 2023•Devash,Parshanut,Parashat Lekh Lekha,Commentaries,Angels,Lech Lcha,Abraham and Hagar,Listening
Parashat Lekh Lekha: CommentaryWhat is Avraham asking when he says: “God, how will I know that I will possess it (Eretz Yisrael)?”
Parashat Vayera: CommentaryWhat does the angel mean when he tells Hagar that God heard the cry of Yishmael “בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם where he is”?
Hadar Institute•389 Views•July 17, 2022•Devash,Parshanut,Vayera,Commentaries,Angels,Abraham and Hagar
Parashat Vayera: CommentaryWhy would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
Hadar Institute•275 Views•October 12, 2023•Faith,Merit of Abraham's Faith,Commentaries,Tests of Abraham,Tests,Parshanut,Devash,Vayera
Parashat Va'era: CommentaryGod commands Moshe to go and "command them to Benei Yisrael..." but what did God command?
Hadar Institute•302 Views•December 21, 2023•God,Benei Yisrael,Commentary,Parshanut,Parashat Vaera,Devash
Parashat Noah: CommentaryWhat was the problem with building the tower of Bavel?
Hadar Institute•304 Views•September 12, 2023•Noach,Parashat Noach,Commentaries,Migdal Bavel,Parshanut,Devash,Tower of Babel
Parashat Noah: CommentaryWhat does it mean that Noah is a “righteous, pure person,” specifically “in his generations”?
Hadar Institute•429 Views•July 12, 2022•Righteous,Flood,Noah and the Ark,Commentaries,Parshanut,Devash,Noach,Parashat Noach
Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryOur 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?
Hadar Institute•790 Views•May 2, 2022•Parashat Kedoshim,Kedoshim,Bystander,Commentaries,Witnesses,Mitzvot
Parashat Bereishit: CommentaryWhat might it mean that humans should rule over the earth? Explore two different commentators' interpretations?
Hadar Institute•333 Views•July 7, 2022•Bereshis,Devash,Bereishit,Parashat Bereshit,Creation,Breishit
Parashat Bereishit: CommentaryWhat does "the image of God" mean?
Hadar Institute•383 Views•March 6, 2023•Commentaries,Parashat Bereshit,Breishit,Bereshis,Parshanut,Devash,Bereishit
Parashat VaYakhel: CommentaryWhat makes a person “heart-wise,” and why was this term used to describe the people who helped build the mishkan?
Hadar Institute•1017 Views•January 24, 2022•Commentaries,Devash,Donations for the Tabernacle,Parshanut,Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Terumah: CommentarySomething 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 Mikeitz: CommentaryWhat are the gifts the brothers bring to Yosef?
Hadar Institute•351 Views•November 24, 2023•Joseph and His Brothers,Famine in Egypt,Parshanut,Devash,Miketz,Commentaries
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