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
- In the Torah, the final syllable in the name Yaakov is almost always written without a vav: יַעֲקֹב. What can we learn from the the extra vav in the parashah?
- From where do we learn that we should work hard to learn, understand, and think about Torah all the time?
- How do we walk in God's laws?
- The connection between two pesukim in the parashah is troubling. In the first pasuk, the people, who have just suffered terrible punishments, confess their sins. So, why does God continue punishing them in the second pasuk? Why doesn’t God forgive them right away?
- The word "keri" appears over and over again in the pasrahah. It’s clear that “keri” is something bad, but what exactly does it mean here?
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
