And Moshe saw all that Israel did - and he blessed them
Selected commentators explain what it means for Israel to have done all they were commanded when actually the artisans did the work.
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.’
Read what Torah luminaries say about Hakhel, the next to last mitzva in the Torah: the reasons for it, its timing and its effect
A look at the commentaries on what it means to choose life for ourselves and future generations..
What do the commentators say about the Torah reprimanding or punishing us for not performing mitzvot joyfully?
Commentators on this mitzva, ‘It follows, that the guard rail is in reality the guardian of the house, that it should remain in his hands!.’
Of course we have seen a righteous man forsaken, so what do those words in Birkat Hamazon mean? The Chatam Sofer enlightens us.
Torah Commentators expound on the way that the mitzvahs can be a blessing or a curse.
Rashi expounds:’Fair and good’: compromising, acting beyond the strict demands of the law. What do other commentators say?
How could Bnei Israel show their appreciation of this priceless gift, of the Land Hashem gave them? The answer is easier for olim to do.
A selection of rabbinic commentaries on the question.
There are levels of dedication to Am Yisrael that only Moshe reached. His hitting the rock, say these commentators, is an example.
See how seven Torah commentators elucidate this one phrase.in different, but non-contradictory ways.
The ‘first’ is always the most precious in a person’s mind; by setting it aside for Hashem, it becomes especially beloved by Hashem.
What is the real meaning of humility? Is it self-deprecation or something very different?
Commentators from the Dubnow Maggid to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv on what the sin of behaving casually with Hashem means.
Keeping the prohibition on taking interest from one's fellow Jew is relying on the God who took us out of Egypt to bring us sustenance.
Why did the son of an Egyptian man blaspheme?
All you have to do is count until Shavuot, but it is not as simple as it seems.
A wondrous midrash provides a clarification and way of looking at a difficult mitzva that we must observe on Pesach but all year as well.
A review of commentators on the deaths of Nadav and Avihu: "I will be sanctiified through those who are nearest to Me,..."
Read what the Kli Yakar, Tanchuma, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Eiger, the Netivot Shalom and others say about this quesiton.
The words ‘and say to them’ were in honor of Bnei Israel who donated to and toiled to make the Mishkan, repenting for the golden calf.
Hashem intended that the Mishkan be erected in the month in which Yitzchak Avinu was born.Why?
How did Hashem choose the man to build the Tabernacle? After all, the Jews were slaves and did not engage in crafts while in Egypt.