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Parashat Vayera: CommentaryWhy would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
Hadar Institute•190 Views•October 12, 2023•Faith,Merit of Abraham's Faith,Commentaries,Tests of Abraham,Tests,Parshanut,Devash,Vayera
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•257 Views•July 17, 2022•Devash,Parshanut,Vayera,Commentaries,Angels,Abraham and Hagar
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•291 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•198 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 Va'era: CommentaryGod commands Moshe to go and "command them to Benei Yisrael..." but what did God command?
Hadar Institute•214 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•177 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•247 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•583 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•236 Views•July 7, 2022•Bereshis,Devash,Bereishit,Parashat Bereshit,Creation,Breishit
Parashat Bereishit: CommentaryWhat does "the image of God" mean?
Hadar Institute•221 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•770 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•249 Views•November 24, 2023•Joseph and His Brothers,Famine in Egypt,Parshanut,Devash,Miketz,Commentaries
Parashat Mikeitz: CommentaryYosef’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?
Hadar Institute•277 Views•November 24, 2023•Commentaries,Joseph and His Brothers,Famine in Egypt,Parshanut,Miketz,Devash
Parashat Mikeitz: CommentaryWhy 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?
Hadar Institute•258 Views•August 23, 2022•Joseph and His Brothers,Parshanut,Devash,Famine in Egypt,Commentaries,Miketz
Parashat Vayikra: CommentaryIn one of the first psukim in the parashah, one word is in a strange place. What interpretations do the commentators have?
Parashat Vezot Ha-Berakhah: CommentaryWhat is the meaning of Moshe's final words to Benei Yisrael?
Hadar Institute•71 Views•September 4, 2024•Devash,Death of Moses,Parashat VeZot HaBerakhah,Blessings,V'Zot HaBerachah
Parashat Ki Tavo: CommentaryWhat does it mean that God will make us “the head, and not the tail”?
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