Our 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?
When Benei Yisrael complain about the food they eat in the desert, they remember the food they ate in Egypt with nostalgia. But as slaves, did they really eat fish for free? Was life in Egypt that good?
The end of our Parashat Naso gets super repetitive. All 12 נְשִׂיאִים, chiefs, bring the same offerings to the Mishkan. Why does the Torah repeat each offering, word for word, when they’re all the same?!
The offerings of the נְשִׂיאִים (nesi’im, chiefs) come in sets of 12. But there are only six wagons to carry them all. Why’s that? What can it teach us?
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wonder about the proestly blessings: What berakhah (blessing) are we asking for? And what’s the request for protection? Is there a connection between the blessing and the protection?
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) notice a connection between two pesukim. In the first pasuk, the people, who have just suffered terrible punishments, confess their sins. So, why does God continue punishing them in the second pasuk?
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) notice a connection between two pesukim. In the first pasuk, the people, who have just suffered terrible punishments, confess their sins. So, why does God continue punishing them in the second pasuk?
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) notice that there is a double warning about not wronging one another: אַל־תּוֹנוּ (al tonu) at the beginning, and וְלֹא תוֹנוּ (ve-lo tonu) at the end. They wonder: why does this warning appear twice?
Our 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?
Our 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?