Why is this holiday called "Sukkot"?
And why did the Tur say that Sukkot is for Yaakov Avinu?
And why did the Tur say that Sukkot is for Yaakov Avinu?
In this world, a judge cannot truly do ‘true justice’, so that it does not punish innocent people, those who may be affected by it.
What could Hashem need of us?
As we read our Parasha approaching the Day of Judgement, it guides us as to the ‘life’ for which we should fervently plead, on that Day.
Two haggadot, two promises. Commentators weigh in on the differences and similarities.
Commentaries weigh in on how waging war against enemies is what is ‘upright in the eyes of Hashem’.
The principle of principles - what do the commentaries say about this and how it affects every Jew?
Moshe rebuked them only a short while before his death. From whom did he learn this? From Yaakov. Why did Yaakov wait to rebuke his sons?
Various commentators weigh in on the power of speech.
Zealotry, like every other aspect of a Jew's life, has halakhic boundaries and limitations..
Are the donkey's words important enough to take up room in the Torah? Why?
Why did Hashem command Moshe to make the lifeless serpent, and to raise it on a pole?
How could Moses be sure his threat would work?
The Israelites did not comprehend what their real sin was, so their repentance did not atone for it - quite the contrary.
Ramban:’Had not Israel accepted the Torah, the world would have returned to nothingness, BY ITSELF...’.
Each name is a thread in the tapestry that is Am Israel - but why not do the same in parashat Pinchas, a later census?
Shmitta is the most difficult mitzva.What special relevance does the Mitzvah of Shemitah have to Har Sinai?.
Rabbi Tarfon said:'I would be amazed, if there is any person in this generation who will accept rebuke;' And what would we say?
Why must only the slanderer be afflicted with tsaraat nd dwell alone outside the camp?
Hashem has His sometimes hidden ways to vanquish His enemies and exact revenge upon them.
The message of the Exodus as seen by Torah commentators from the Riva to the Slonimer Rebbe.
Selected commentators explain why the priests had to be urged to bring the burnt offering as opposed to other offerings.
The wondrous burnt offering and what its purpose is. A selection of renowned commentators.
Selected commentators explain what it means for Israel to have done all they were commanded when actually the artisans did the work.
Read the Netivot Shalom, Rav Zalman Sorotzkin, Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl,The Ra’ma, Maharal and more on the power of priestly clothes to atone..
Selected commentators explain the reasons ordinances between man and his fellow man had to be given at Sinai.
Delving into the events surrounding this seminal and unconditional acceptance of Torah by Bnei Israel.
Why did Moshe take his staff with him to the top of the hill in the Amalek battle, as seemingly he did not perform any act with it?’
What purpose does making a mockery of those who mock Hashem and mistreat His people?
An eye-opening review of the commentators' explanations on the purpose of the staff and the miracle involved.
Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh,Alshich Hakadosh, Malbim and others on the double clause in Yaakov's blessing to his beloved Yosef.
A selection of commentators whoweigh in on this troubling question and their psychologically enlightening answers.
Learn from them but not from their evil deeds, as Jacob testified about himself. But what could he learn from the wicked Laban?.
As Jacob's first marriage was based on ‘mistaken belief’, should it not have been deemed invalid?
A surprising Rashi on the two sons of Rivka and Isaac leads us to wonder if it is the hunter or the tent-dweller who is of no consequence?
This is the only instance in the whole of Tanach, that the number of years of the life of a woman, is written.
Is stealing from one another really the reason for The Flood?
By reading the two parshiot on Simchat Torah, we allude to the crux of the Shma prayer - that Torah should be inscribed on our hearts. How?
Had it not been for the seeming ‘failure’ of the earth to comply with Hashem’s words when trees were created, we could not have had schach!
Our Parasha opens with the injunction:(32:1)’האזינו: Listen O Heavens, and I will speak; and may the earth hear the words of my mouth.’