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Parshas Behar - BeChukosai
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1) Ch. 25, v. 17: "V'lo sonu ish es amiso" And you shall not distress your friend Note 2 differences between our verse and verse 14. There the verse says "al tonu," while here it says "v'lo sonu," and there it says "ochiv," while here it says " ....
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Posted 5/2/2013 6:33 PM |
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Parshas Emor
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1) Ch. 21, v. 1: "L'nefesh lo yitamo" To a soul he shall not defile himself This verse tells the adult Kohanim to be vigilant in seeing to it that the young Kohanim likewise not defile themselves. Why is there a stress on the special supervisio ....
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Posted 4/26/2013 2:56 PM |
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Parshas Acharei Mos Kedoshim
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1) Ch. 17, v. 13: "Chayoh o ofe asher yei'ocheil v'shofach es domo v'chisohu be'ofor" An undomesticated animal or a bird that may be eaten and he spilled its blood and he shall cover it with earth Why does this law apply only to "chayoh" and "o ....
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Posted 4/19/2013 4:46 PM |
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Parshas Tazria Metzora
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1) Ch. 12, v. 2: "V'yoldoh zochor" And she will give birth to a male The T.K. says that if you guard, "m'sha'meir," the laws of "nidoh," then I will give you a son who will be circumcised on the eighth day. The word commonly used to mean "guard ....
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Posted 4/12/2013 3:53 PM |
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Parshas Tzav
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1) Ch. 6, v. 10: "Lo sei'o'feh chometz" It should not be baked as leavened bread Chometz is equated with the yeitzer hora, the evil inclination. This is why a meal offering may have no leavening. The one exception is the two breads of Shovuos ....
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Posted 3/19/2013 5:15 PM |
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Parshas Vayikra
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1) Ch. 1, v. 3: "Im oloh korbono" If an oloh offering is his sacrifice Why, of all the types of offerings, is "oloh" discussed first?
2) Ch. 1, v. 3: "Tomim yakri'venu
yakriv oso lirtzono" Complete he should offer it
he s ....
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Posted 3/15/2013 4:31 PM |
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Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei
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1) Ch. 35, v. 2: "Sheishes yomim" Six days Rashi says that Moshe gave the mitzvoh of Shabbos BEFORE the mitzvoh of erecting the Mishkon, to teach that the building of the Mishkon does not push aside Shabbos. Rashi on Shmos 31:13 d.h. "ach" says ....
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Posted 3/5/2013 2:57 PM |
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Parsha Ki Sisa
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1) Ch. 30, v. 13: "Kol ho'oveir" Everyone who passes Money was collected for three purposes, for the Mishkon components and priestly garments, for the base sockets, "adonim," and for the communal sacrifices. Did the L'viim donate for any or all ....
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Posted 3/1/2013 10:28 AM |
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Parshas Tetzaveh
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1) Ch. 28, v. 1: "V'atoh hakreiv ei'lecho es Aharon" And you bring close to you Aharon Hashem was addressing Moshe in the first verse of our parsha. What need is there to repeat "v'atoh" here? Hashem was already addressing Moshe.
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Posted 2/22/2013 3:25 PM |
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Parshas Terumah
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1) Ch. 25, v. 4: "V'sheish" And flax We find the word bad used for flax as well. Which word is used when?
2) Ch. 25, v. 4,5: "V'izim, V'oros eilim m'odomim v'oros t'choshim" And goats, And hides of reddened rams and hides of ....
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Posted 2/15/2013 2:12 PM |
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Parshas Mishpatim
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1) Ch. 21, v. 2: "Ki sikneh evved Ivri" When you will purchase a Hebrew slave Why doesn't the verse say "Ki sikach," as this is the more common Torah expression for acquiring? Why is the transaction here expressed as purchasing, while by the ma ....
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Posted 2/7/2013 4:51 PM |
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Parshas Yisro
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1) Ch. 18, v. 1: "Va'yishma Yisro" And Yisro heard Rashi comments that he heard of the splitting of Yam Suf and the war with Amo'leik. He obviously heard much more, but these two events prompted him to come (verse 5). Why specifically these two ....
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Posted 1/28/2013 12:34 AM |
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Parshas Beshalach
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1) Ch. 14, v. 29: "Uvnei Yisroel holchu va'yaboshoh b'soch ha'yom" And the bnei Yisroel walked on the dry land in the middle of the sea Did any bnei Yisroel drown in Yam Suf?
2) Ch. 15, v. 2: "Zeh Keili v'anveihu" This is my G- ....
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Posted 1/25/2013 1:34 PM |
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Parshas Bo
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1) Why are the ten plagues not all in one parsha? Once they are divided, why specifically seven and three?
2) Ch. 10, v. 2: "Ulmaan t'sa'peir b'oznei vincho u'ven bincho" And so that you shall relate into the ears of your son and y ....
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Posted 1/14/2013 11:03 AM |
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Parshas Vaera
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1) Ch. 6, v. 3: "Vo'eiro" And I have appeared Rashi has a two-word comment on this, "El ho'ovos," to the patriarchs. Commentators are hard-pressed to explain what light Rashi is shedding on the understanding of our verse. What do you have to of ....
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Posted 1/7/2013 12:57 PM |
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Parshas Shemos
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1) Ch. 1, v. 15: "Va'yomer melech Mitzrayim" And the king of Egypt said Why until now were the harsh edicts expressed in the plural form, "va'yosimu, v'chaasher y'anu, va'yaavidu, va'y'mor'ru," and now in the singular?
2) Ch. 1, ....
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Posted 1/4/2013 12:11 PM |
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Parshas Vayechi
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1) Ch. 47, v. 28: "Sheva shonim v'arboim u'm'as shonoh" Seven years and forty and one-hundred years Rashi comments on the years of Soroh's life (Breishis 23:1) that her one-hundred years are compared to her twenty years, and her twenty years a ....
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Posted 12/28/2012 2:35 PM |
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Parshas Vayigash 5773
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1) Ch. 44, v. 18: "Va'yigaSH eiloV YehudoH" And Yehudoh drew close to him Baal Haturim notes that the final letters of these three words form the word "ShoVoH," equal. Yehudoh advised Yoseif that he was his equal, also a king. If this is so, is ....
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Posted 12/17/2012 3:25 PM |
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Parshas Mikeitz
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1) Ch. 41, v. 4: "Vatochalnoh haporos ro'ose hamar'eh v'dakose habosor eis sheva haporos" And the poor looking and emaciated cows ate the seven cows Verses 2 and 3 inform us that Paroh dreamt of 7 robust and 7 emaciated cows. Our verse begins b ....
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Posted 12/13/2012 3:58 PM |
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Parshas Vayeishev
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1) Ch. 37, v. 7: "V'hi'nei s'su'benoh alumoseichem vatishtacha'venoh laalumosi" And behold your sheaves surrounded and bowed down to my sheaf Commentators say that the brothers being represented by sheaves of grain alludes to what the future he ....
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Posted 12/7/2012 1:27 AM |
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