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
- In our parashah, Benei Yisrael are told to consult their ancestors. What can be learned from this?
- If we don’t act like God’s children (by not following the mitzvot), are we still considered God’s children?
- How is Torah like rain?
- Moshe’s life is coming to an end, and he has to go up Har Nevo to die and be buried. But why does it have to happen “in the middle of that day”?
- Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
- Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
- The idea of saying blessings over mitzvot comes from the Rabbis, but there is one mitzvah that the Torah tells us needs a berakhah before it, and that’s the mitzvah of learning Torah!
- Praying for rain
- A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית