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Parashat Va'era: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. Here’s a midrash that explains why Pharaph gets an especially long and detailed warning before the plague of hail.
Parashat Va'era: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. Here’s a midrash that explains why one verse talks about the frog in the singular where everywhere else the frogs are referred to in the plural.
Hadar Institute•1162 Views•December 20, 2023•Midrash,Plague of Frogs,Devash,Plagues,Parashat Vaera,Ten Plagues,Frogs,Plague
Parashat Va'era: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. Here’s a midrash that explains what Pharaoh was doing at the river in the morning.
Hadar Institute•1871 Views•December 20, 2023•The Nile River,Midrash,Plagues,Devash,Bodies,Plague,Ten Plagues,Parashat Vaera
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•1200 Views•September 1, 2022•Parashat Nitzavim,Nitzavim,Midrash,Rabbinic Authority,Devash,Bat Kol
Shavuot: MidrashWhat is Torah like? How is it like water? How is it like oil?
Hadar Institute•1269 Views•May 23, 2024•Matan Torah,Midrash,Oils,Devash,Water,Shavuot,Tikkun Leil Shavuot
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?
Hadar Institute•786 Views•July 25, 2024•Judges,Parashat Shoftim,Judges (שופט),Shoftim,Midrash,Devash
Parashat Shemot: MidrashWhat was Pharaoh's daughter's name?
Parashat Mishpatim: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah.Here’s a midrash that imagines what the angels had to say about Moshe going up to Mount Sinai to get the tablets from God.
Hadar Institute•1969 Views•January 12, 2022•Har Sinai,Angels,Parashat Mishpatim,Devash,Matan Torah,Midrash
Parashat Terumah: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. Here’s a midrash about Moshe receiving the directions for creating the menorah and struggling to understand.
Hadar Institute•2450 Views•January 14, 2022•Parashat Terumah,Moshe,Mishkan,Betzalel,Menora,Devash,Midrash,Learning,Menorah
Parashat Bo: MidrashBenei Yisrael are given their first mitzvah: deciding when each new month begins. Why is Rosh hodesh described as being "for you?"
Parashat Bo: MidrashMidrashim are ideas or stories that explain the Torah. When the Torah describes the laws of the קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח (korban pesah, pesah offering), it emphasizes that a גֵּר (ger, stranger) must also be included.
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhat happened to Betuel?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhy does the Torah tell us Yitzhak's location right before he meets Rivkah?
Parashat Toldot: MidrashLearn a midrash about what happens when Esav finds out that Yaakov came first and got the blessing from Yitzhak.
Parashat Vayehi: MidrashLearn a midrash about Serah, the only one who persuaded all the people to believe in Moshe!
Hadar Institute•1242 Views•December 13, 2023•Jacob's Burial,Vayechi,Midrash,Yaakov,Serach,Death,Devash,Parashat Vayehi
Parashat Vayehi: MidrashHow come Yosef didn't know firsthand that his father was sick?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhy does the Torah describe Avraham as zakein (old)?
Parashat Hayyei Sarah: MidrashWhat does it mean that God blessed Avraham ba-kol (with everything)?
Hadar Institute•858 Views•October 17, 2023•Midrash,Devash,Chaye Sarah,Hayei Sarah,Hayye Sarah,Blessings,Children
Parashat Vayera: MidrashWhat does the sun rising and setting have to do with Rivka and Sarah?
Parashat Vayera: MidrashWhom do we thank for the goodness in our lives?
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