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Parashat Vayeishev: MidrashReuven intended to bring Yosef home… but we know that didn’t work out. So, what do we think of Reuven? What can we learn from him and intentions versus actions?
Hadar Institute•1503 Views•November 16, 2023•Midrash,Devash,Guilt,Jacob and His Children,Jacob and Joseph,Vows,Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeishev: MidrashExplore a midrash about how Joseph's brothers kept their terrible deeds a secret from their father, Jacob, for so many years?
Parashat Vayeishev: MidrashWhy does the Torah give the details about the spices that the Yishmaelites were carrying? Does this matter to the story of Yosef and his brothers?
Hadar Institute•682 Views•November 16, 2023•Devash,Midrash,Jacob and His Children,Jacob and Joseph,Vayeshev
Parashat Vayishlah: MidrashJacob finds out that Esau is approaching him with 400 people. The Torah uses two different words to describe Jacob's fear. Why?
Hadar Institute•1106 Views•November 7, 2023•VaYishlach,Parasha,Parsha,Jacob and Esau,Midrash,Jacob's Fear,Fear,Violence,Devash,Fear (פחד),War
Parashat Nitzavim: MidrashLet’s look closer at one important phrase in our parashah: לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִוא (it’s not in heaven). What can we learn from these words?
Hadar Institute•1139 Views•September 1, 2022•Parashat Nitzavim,Nitzavim,Midrash,Rabbinic Authority,Devash,Bat Kol
Shavuot: MidrashWhat is Torah like? How is it like water? How is it like oil?
Hadar Institute•1218 Views•May 23, 2024•Matan Torah,Midrash,Oils,Devash,Water,Shavuot,Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Parashat Shoftim: MidrashThe Torah says that a judge who's having a hard time making a decision should seek a higher authority "who is at the time". What can we learn from those words?
Hadar Institute•740 Views•July 25, 2024•Judges,Parashat Shoftim,Judges (שופט),Shoftim,Midrash,Devash
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•1901 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•2364 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•1179 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•809 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?
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