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Parashat Aharei Mot: CommentaryOn Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol wore plain and simple clothes. Why?
Hadar Institute•31 Views•April 12, 2024•Devash,Achrei Mot,Teshuvah,Parashat Achrei Mot,Yom Kippur,Golden Calf
Parashat Emor: CommentaryWhy does the Torah interrupt the list of holidays to talk about making sure people who are poor can collect food from the harvest?
Hadar Institute•8 Views•May 3, 2024•Parashat Emor,Emor,Gifts to the Poor,Orphans,Mitzvot,Commentaries
Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryWhat does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself? What’s the mitzvah? And how does it connect to the first half of the pasuk?
Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryOur פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wondered the meaning of the phrase לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ (do not stand upon your neighbor’s blood). What exactly is being commanded?
Hadar Institute•268 Views•May 2, 2022•Witnesses,Mitzvot,Commentaries,Kedoshim,Parashat Kedoshim,Bystander
Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryOur parashah emphasizes some ways that farmers should make it possible for people who are poor to collect food from their fields. Why does verse that teaches this mention God?
Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryWhat’s wrong with trying to get back at someone who hurts you?
Parashat Aharei Mot: CommentaryOur פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wondered the meaning of the phrase וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם. “Va-hai bahem” literally means “and live in them.” But what does that actually mean?!
Hadar Institute•291 Views•March 30, 2022•Pikuach Nefesh,Mitzvot,Achrei Mot,Devash,Parashat Achrei Mot
Parashat Metzora: CommentaryIf you saw signs of a נֶגַע (wound), it might be צָרַעַת (tzara’at). You’d need to consult your local kohen! Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) notice that, when speaking to the kohen, the person uses tentative language: “hmmm, this sort of seems like a nega.” Why?
Parashat Tazria: CommentaryA little bit of white tzara’at makes a person impure, but if their whole entire body turns white they are pure. How does that work?!
Parashat Tazria: CommentaryWhy was it necessary to isolate a person with צָרַעַת (tzara’at)?
Parashat Tazria: CommentaryOur פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wondered about the kinds of tzara’at that aren’t on the human body (in next week’s parashah we’ll read about houses that get tzara’at). Where do they come from, and what do they mean?
Parashat Tetzaveh: CommentaryOur commentators wonder about the word תָּמִיד (tamid, always). It’s a little confusing because “always” can mean “regularly” or it could mean “every moment." What does it mean in our pasuk?
Hadar Institute•148 Views•February 1, 2024•Mishkan,Parashat Tetzaveh,Commentaries,Ner Tamid,Parshanut,Devash
Parashat Shemini: CommentaryWhat exactly was Nadav and Avihu's mistake?
Hadar Institute•71 Views•March 26, 2024•Nadav and Avihu,Commentaries,Wine,Priests Drinking Wine,Devash,Parshanut
Parashat Shemini: CommentaryWhen Aharon and his sons take charge of the work in the מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan) they offer many קָרְבָּנוֹת (sacrifices) for the first time ever. The story comes to an exciting, fiery climax when a fire comes forth. Where did it come from?
Parashat Mishpatim: CommentaryIf you are taking care of someone else’s stuff, you are considered a shomer, and that means you could be responsible if something happens to the thing you’re watching. What happens if the thing you’re watching gets stolen? Should you be held responsible for that?
Parashat Tzav: CommentaryWhy is korban shelamim called that?
Parashat Vayikra: CommentaryIn one of the first psukim in the parashah, one word is in a strange place. What interpretations do the commentators have?
Parashat Vayikra: CommentaryHow do mitzvot help us connect to God?
Hadar Institute•145 Views•April 3, 2023•Sacrifices,Parashat Vayikra,Devash,Parshanut,Korban,Commentaries
Parashat Vayikra: CommentaryThe book begins with a seemingly repetitive verse! Why does it say that God both “called” and also “spoke” to Moshe?
Hadar Institute•86 Views•February 12, 2024•Vayikra,Talk and Speech of God,Parashat Vayikra,Parshanut,God
Parashat VaYakhel: CommentaryWhat makes a person “heart-wise,” and why was this term used to describe the people who helped build the mishkan?
Hadar Institute•478 Views•January 24, 2022•Commentaries,Devash,Donations for the Tabernacle,Parshanut,Parashat Vayakhel
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