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Parashat Tzav: CommentaryThere is a time limit for eating a קָרְבַּן שְׁלָמִים (korban shelamim). When a person violates the time limit, the korban is called פִּגּוּל (piggul, a repulsive thing). But how does something become a piggul?
Parashat Tzav: CommentaryWhy is korban shelamim called that?
Parashah Va'era Family Discussion GuideThere is a major debate about God hardening Pharaoh’s heart. The most simple understanding is that God made Pharaoh more stubborn during the plagues so that he wouldn’t free Benei Yisrael. Was this a fair thing to do?
Hadar Institute•1211 Views•January 28, 2022•Ten Plagues,Devash,Parshanut,The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart,Parashat Vaera,Commentary
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 Pekudei: CommentaryIn the opening pasuk of our parashah, there’s a new description of the mishkan, one that hasn’t yet come up in the Torah. For the first time, the mishkan is called מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת (mishkan ha-eidut).
What important thing was being witnessed and shared here?
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•463 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•437 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 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•638 Views•July 17, 2022•Devash,Parshanut,Vayera,Commentaries,Angels,Abraham and Hagar
Parashat Vayera: CommentaryWhy would God test Avraham with the binding of Yitzhak? Why would God test anyone?
Hadar Institute•372 Views•October 12, 2023•Faith,Merit of Abraham's Faith,Commentaries,Tests of Abraham,Tests,Parshanut,Devash,Vayera
Parashat Va'era: CommentaryGod commands Moshe to go and "command them to Benei Yisrael..." but what did God command?
Hadar Institute•443 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•499 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•665 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•1038 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•497 Views•July 7, 2022•Bereshis,Devash,Bereishit,Parashat Bereshit,Creation,Breishit
Parashat Bereishit: CommentaryWhat does "the image of God" mean?
Hadar Institute•526 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•1322 Views•January 24, 2022•Commentaries,Devash,Donations for the Tabernacle,Parshanut,Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Mikeitz: CommentaryWhat are the gifts the brothers bring to Yosef?
Hadar Institute•460 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•553 Views•November 24, 2023•Commentaries,Joseph and His Brothers,Famine in Egypt,Parshanut,Miketz,Devash
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