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Parashat Kedoshim: CommentaryWhat’s wrong with trying to get back at someone who hurts you?
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: 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•285 Views•May 2, 2022•Witnesses,Mitzvot,Commentaries,Kedoshim,Parashat Kedoshim,Bystander
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 Behukotai: Commentary"Keri" appears over and over again in this parashah... It’s clear that it's something bad. But what exactly does it mean here?
Parashat Behukotai: CommentaryOur 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?
Parashat Behar: CommentaryHow can we understand what freedom is?
Parashat Behar: CommentaryWhat’s the connection between Shabbat and God’s Mikdash?
Hadar Institute•8 Views•May 7, 2024•Devash,Mishkan,Behar,Melacha,Shabbat,Commentaries,Parashat Behar
Parashat Behar: CommentaryWhat does it mean that שְׁמִטָּה (shemittah, the year of release) is a 'שַׁבָּת לַה (Shabbat la-Hashem, Shabbat for God)?
Parashat Behar: CommentaryOur 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?
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•17 Views•May 3, 2024•Mitzvot,Parashat Emor,Gifts to the Poor,Emor,Commentaries,Orphans
Parashat Emor: 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•122 Views•May 3, 2023•Commentaries,Sefirat HaOmer,Emor,Omer,Devash,Parashat Emor,Omer Offering
Parashat Emor: CommentaryOur פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wonder: why is Shabbat included in the list of the moadim (holidays)?
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•296 Views•March 30, 2022•Pikuach Nefesh,Mitzvot,Achrei Mot,Devash,Parashat Achrei Mot
Parashat Aharei Mot: CommentaryOn Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol wore plain and simple clothes. Why?
Hadar Institute•35 Views•April 12, 2024•Devash,Achrei Mot,Teshuvah,Parashat Achrei Mot,Yom Kippur,Golden Calf
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•155 Views•February 1, 2024•Mishkan,Parashat Tetzaveh,Commentaries,Ner Tamid,Parshanut,Devash
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