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Parashat Shelah: MidrashDuring the spies' mission, the verbs switch from plural to singular. What’s the meaning of this switch?
Hadar Institute•758 Views•June 14, 2022•Parashat Shelach,Meraglim,Sin of the Spies,Devash,Shlach,Spies,Midrash
Parashat Shelah: MidrashThe sin of the מְרַגְּלִים (meraglim, spies) gets a super-harsh punishment! What is so uniquely terrible about this sin?
Hadar Institute•635 Views•May 21, 2024•Parashat Shelach,Shlach,Devash,Midrash,Spies,Sin of the Spies,Meraglim
Parashat Shelah: MidrashThe spies describe Eretz Canaan as a land that eat up those who live in it. What does this mean?
Hadar Institute•607 Views•June 17, 2024•Parashat Shelach,Shlach,Midrash,Sin of the Spies,Meraglim,Devash,Spies
Parashat Shelah: MidrashWhat was the long term impact of Benei Yisrael's crying in reaction to the spies' report?
Parashat Shelah: MidrashIn two separate instances Moshe asks God to forgive the people, and describes God as In both stories, why does Moshe describe God as אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם (slow to anger). What can we learn from that?
Shavuot: MidrashWhat is Torah like? How is it like water? How is it like oil?
Hadar Institute•728 Views•May 23, 2024•Shavuot,Midrash,Oils,Tikkun Leil Shavuot,Devash,Water,Matan Torah
Parashat Shemot: MidrashWhat was Pharaoh's daughter's name?
Parashat Mishpatim: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah.Here’s a midrash that imagines what the angels had to say about Moshe going up to Mount Sinai to get the tablets from God.
Hadar Institute•1324 Views•January 12, 2022•Har Sinai,Angels,Parashat Mishpatim,Devash,Matan Torah,Midrash
Parashat Terumah: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. Here’s a midrash about Moshe receiving the directions for creating the menorah and struggling to understand.
Hadar Institute•1699 Views•January 14, 2022•Parashat Terumah,Moshe,Mishkan,Betzalel,Menora,Devash,Midrash,Learning,Menorah
Parashat Bo: MidrashBenei Yisrael are given their first mitzvah: deciding when each new month begins. Why is Rosh hodesh described as being "for you?"
Parashat Bo: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. When the Torah describes the laws of the קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח (korban pesah, pesah offering), it emphasizes that a גֵּר (ger, stranger) must also be included.
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhat happened to Betuel?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhy does the Torah tell us Yitzhak's location right before he meets Rivkah?
Parashat Toldot: MidrashLearn a midrash about what happens when Esav finds out that Yaakov came first and got the blessing from Yitzhak.
Parashat Vayehi: MidrashLearn a midrash about Serah, the only one who persuaded all the people to believe in Moshe!
Hadar Institute•702 Views•December 13, 2023•Jacob's Burial,Vayechi,Midrash,Yaakov,Serach,Death,Devash,Parashat Vayehi
Parashat Vayehi: MidrashHow come Yosef didn't know firsthand that his father was sick?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhy does the Torah describe Avraham as zakein (old)?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhat does it mean that God blessed Avraham ba-kol (with everything)?
Hadar Institute•454 Views•October 17, 2023•Midrash,Devash,Chaye Sarah,Hayei Sarah,Hayye Sarah,Blessings,Children
Parashat Vayera: MidrashWhat does the sun rising and setting have to do with Rivka and Sarah?
Parashat Vayera: MidrashWhom do we thank for the goodness in our lives?
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