Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
Devash is a weekly parashah magazine that makes Torah learning sweet. By engaging directly with texts and taking kids seriously as Jews, Devash helps children and grownups discover new ideas, values, and sweet morsels in the weekly Torah portion. Devash is designed for kids ages 7 and up to read independently, or together with families and teachers.
Learn more at https://www.hadar.org/torah-tefillah/devash
CONTENTS
- Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
- What does Moshe mean when he says “I am 120 years old. I can no longer go and come”?
- Moshe 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?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- In our parashah, God tells Moshe to make sure that Benei Yisrael know a certain שִׁירָה (song or poem) really, really well. But what song or poem are we talking about here?
- What can we learn from the language God uses to promise that Benei Yisrael return from exile?
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- Welcoming kids into shul
- Learn about the 613th mitzvah in the Torah, the commandment for each and every person to write a sefer Torah (Torah scroll).
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית