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Parashat Vayikra: Commentary
The book begins with a seemingly repetitive verse! Why does it say that God both “called” and also “spoke” to Moshe?
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Parashat Vayikra: Commentary
In one of the first psukim in the parashah, one word is in a strange place. What interpretations do the commentators have?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Commentary
What can we learn from the way that Avraham’s servant chose Rivkah?
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Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Commentary
Why did Lavan run to meet Avraham's servant at the well?
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Parashat Lekh Lekha: Commentary
Why did God want to convey the message that God listens?
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Parashat Lekh Lekha: Commentary
What is Avraham asking when he says: “God, how will I know that I will possess it (Eretz Yisrael)?”
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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”?
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Parashat Vayera: Commentary
Why would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
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Parashat Va'era: Commentary
God commands Moshe to go and "command them to Benei Yisrael..." but what did God command?
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Parashat Noah: Commentary
What was the problem with building the tower of Bavel?
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Parashat Noah: Commentary
What does it mean that Noah is a “righteous, pure person,” specifically “in his generations”?
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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?
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Parashat Bereishit: Commentary
What might it mean that humans should rule over the earth? Explore two different commentators' interpretations?
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Parashat VaYakhel: Commentary
What makes a person “heart-wise,” and why was this term used to describe the people who helped build the mishkan? 
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Parashat Mikeitz: Commentary
What are the gifts the brothers bring to Yosef?
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