Devash is a weekly parashah magazine that makes Torah learning sweet. By engaging directly with texts and taking kids seriously as Jews, Devash helps children and grownups discover new ideas, values, and sweet morsels in the weekly Torah portion. Devash is designed for kids ages 7 and up to read independently, or together with families and teachers.
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CONTENTS
- Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
- Why did Moshe get so angry when he saw the golden calf if God had already told him about it while on the mountain?
- What was the consequence of the sin of the עֵגֶל (eigel, calf)?
- Why does the pasuk tell us that the writing on the luhot (tablets) was carved? Isn’t that just how you write on tablets?!
- What can we learn from the different spices that make up the ketoret?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- Why did Moshe break the luhot (tablets)?
- What exactly were Benei Yisrael asking of Aharon when Moshe took so long to come down the mountain?
- Was Aharon responsible for the חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל (sin of the golden calf)?
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- Opening mail or packages that arrive on Shabbat
- מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל (mahatzit ha-shekel), a donation of a half-shekel of silver to help support the building of the mishkan
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית
