Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
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.
Learn more at https://www.hadar.org/torah-tefillah/devash
CONTENTS
- Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
- Did God actually say, שָׁמוֹר (shamor, observe) or זָכוֹר (zakhor, remember) in the Ten Commandments?
- How does a midrash connect two seemingly unrelated verses to teach us that some people love mitzvot so much that they can never get enough?
- Our parashah starts with Moshe begging God for permission to go into Eretz Yisrael. Was there any reason to think that God’s mind would change?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- Why are we specifically commanded not to take away from the rules of the Torah?
- The Shema uses a common word—מְאֹד (me’od, very much)—but in an unusual way. What could it mean?
- Can the Torah really require us to experience a certain emotion, like loving God?
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- Learn about the mitzvah of placing מְזֻזוֹת (mezuzot) on our doorposts!
- Learn some of the rules of how we say Shema
- Are the mitzvot about not coveting or desiring things that don't belong to you about what you think or feel, or are they about something else altogether?
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית
