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
- The Torah mentions joy when discussing Shavuot and Sukkot, but not Pesah. Why is being happy connected to these, but not to Pesah?!
- What does it mean that we’re supposed to give to the poor both "enough for their needs" and also "whatever they need?" What can we learn from this seeming repetition?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- Why does the Torah use two different Hebrew words for the word "if?"
- What does it mean to pour out blood like you pour out water?
- In our parashah, the Torah says two things that seem to contradict one another about poverty! How can we understand this?
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- What is "bal tosif" and can you add on to mitzvot?
- Hazal say tzedakah is so important that it’s equal to all the mitzvot combined! Learn more about it.
- How can you tell if a bird is kosher?
- Why does the prohibition on "boiling a kid in its mother's milk" appear three times? What can we learn from that repetition?
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית
