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.
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CONTENTS
- Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
- What is so special about the number seven?
- What does shemittah have to do with Har Sinai? מָה עִנְיַן שְׁמִטָּה אֵצֶל הַר סִינַי?
- What does it mean to strengthen someone who is poor, and how do we do this?
- Why is wisdom necessary when giving tzedakah?
- Why does the warning to not do אוֹנָאָה (ona’ah, harming someone) repeat twice?
- What does it mean that שְׁמִטָּה (shemittah, the year of release) is a 'שַׁבָּת לַה (Shabbat la-Hashem, Shabbat for God)?
- What’s the connection between Shabbat and God’s Mikdash?
- How can we understand what freedom is?
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית
