This is the model for Source Sheet #2
First choose 2-4 pasukim from the "pshat" and " that we have studied in class.
Use either the Exodus (Freedom from Slavery)
or Devarim (Greatest Hits of Deuteronomy)
Then, you will need to find
a midrash that you must find, and then create your own personal midrash.
First choose 2-4 pasukim from the "pshat" and " that we have studied in class.
Use either the Exodus (Freedom from Slavery)
or Devarim (Greatest Hits of Deuteronomy)
Then, you will need to find
a midrash that you must find, and then create your own personal midrash.
Add the "pshat text" (2 or 3 pasukim) that you will be creating this Source Sheet for here. Add the text in both Hebrew and English (in Sefaria). From the + (blue circle, press add and then type in the book, perek and pasuk (i.e. Breisheet 1:1 or Shemot 2:2)
Context: Explain where this text comes within the story of Torah. What is important about this "pshat"? What is the contextual meaning of your text that is important?
Find a really important commentary from a Torah book in the library or the internet. Type in the commentary/midrash here. Be sure to include who the author of the commentary is.
Explain why you believe that the midrash that you chose is so meaningful or important. What does the midrash add to the pshat? Be sure to include a description of who this commentator is, when they lived, and why they are an important voice.
Type in your personal midrash here regarding the text that you chose here. Minimum of 250 words. Be sure to include how your study of the pshat and midrash could impact your life today, and why you chose this text from all of the choices that were available to you.