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Parashat Pinhas: MidrashWho was Serah, the only woman mentioned by name in the census?
Hadar Institute•160 Views•July 12, 2022•Midrash,Women,Women in Tanakh,Censuses,Devash,Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinhas: MidrashMoshe asks God to make sure that Benei Yisrael have a good leader after he dies. But why does Moshe describe God as “the Lord of the spirits of all people?” What does רוּחֹת (ruhot, spirits) mean here?
Parashat Pinhas: MidrashWhy does the Torah go back six generations—all the way to Yosef—when telling us about the benot Tzelofhad?
What could it be trying to teach us?
Parashat Pinhas: MidrashExplore a midrash that says that Pinhas was actually the same person as Eliyahu Ha-Navi, the Prophet Elijah!
Parashat Shoftim: MidrashWhen Benei Yisrael go into battle, the officers will announce that people who are afraid and weak of heart can skip the fighting. What could be going on here?
Shavuot: MidrashWhat is Torah like? How is it like water? How is it like oil?
Hadar Institute•105 Views•May 23, 2024•Water,Midrash,Shavuot,Oils,Tikkun Leil Shavuot,Devash,Matan Torah
Parashat Ki Teitzei: MidrashIf you find someone else’s lost animal, there’s a mitzvah to return it. Learn an amazing story about this mitzvah!
Hadar Institute•155 Views•August 31, 2022•Parashat Ki Teitzei,Returning a Lost Object,Ki Teitze,Devash
Parashat Ki Teitzei: MidrashLearn about an amazing mitzvah that you can do and get a blessing from God by forgetting to do something!
Parashat Ki Teitzei: MidrashAfter a criminal has been executed, the Torah says the body has to be buried that day, because it's a curse to God to let them hang. What does that mean?
Parashat Ki Teitzei: MidrashThere are a whole lot of mitzvot in our parashah. Are they just smushed together randomly? Or can we learn something from the order in which we find them?
Parashat Shoftim: MidrashOur parashah contains the mitzvah to offer peace even when Benei Yisrael would be at war with a city. What can we learn from this?
Parashat Shoftim: MidrashThe Torah says that a judge who's having a hard time making a decision should seek a higher authority "who is at the time". What can we learn from those words?
Parashat Shoftim: MidrashWhat does appointing judges and a system of court have to do with not planting trees that are an idol?
Hadar Institute•79 Views•June 27, 2024•Midrash,Asherah,Shoftim,Judges,Idolatry,Judges (שופט),Avoda Zara,Devash
Parashat Eikev: MidrashWhy does God love the ger (a person from another nation who chooses to live among Benei Yisrael) and give them extra support?
Parashat Eikev: MidrashHow can a paragraph start with "Ve-atah (and now), Israel, what does God your Lord ask of you?" What is that "and" connecting and referring to?
Parashat Ha'azinu: MidrashIf we don’t act like God’s children (by not following the mitzvot), are we still considered God’s children?
Parashat Ha'azinu: MidrashIn Ha’azinu, Benei Yisrael are told to consult their ancestors. What can be learned from that?
Hadar Institute•255 Views•September 27, 2022•Haaz,Devash,Rabbinic Authority,Transmission,Midrash,Generations,Ha'azinu
Parashat Vayeilekh: MidrashMoshe is going to die soon, so God tells him: "Your days are coming close to dying." Isn't the way God talks about this seem a little strange?
Hadar Institute•54 Views•July 2, 2024•Old Age,Aging,Death of Moses,Vayelekh,Forgetting,VaYeilech,Devash,Midrash
Parashat Vayeilekh: MidrashWhat does Moshe mean when he says “I am 120 years old. I can no longer go and come”?
Parashat Nitzavim: MidrashLet’s look closer at one important phrase in our parashah: לֹא בַשָּׁמַיִם הִוא (it’s not in heaven). What can we learn from these words?
Hadar Institute•222 Views•September 1, 2022•Devash,Rabbinic Authority,Parashat Nitzavim,Bat Kol,Nitzavim,Midrash
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