interpretation of parts of Tanach by close reading, not derivation (Pronounced "par-sha-noot")
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Was Binyamin aware of Tzofnas Paaneach (aka Yosef)'s true identity?
While Yosef recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
I heard a Rosh Yeshiva suggest that Binyamin, who wasn't so absorbed in the soap opera, was able to recognize Yosef, but played ...
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Black Magic by Pharaoh's Magicians
What are the various opinions regarding the efficacy of the magician's in the Exodus story?
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Different types of Nevuah
What are the differences between the "typical" navi's prophecy, Moshe Rabbeinu's prophecy, and Bil'am HaRasha's prophecy?
(Answers with sources [and preferably links to sources] only please!)
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Toldos Noach vs Toldos Yitzchok [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are parshat Noach and parshat Toldot named that way?
Was wondering. Why is Parshas Toldos not called Parshas Yitzchok just like Parshas Noach. In addition why is ...
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Primacy of Rash"i
How did Rash"i's commentary on the Torah become the primary (phrasing intentionally vague) commentary among the hundreds of others that have been written?
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First Barren Woman to Bear Children [closed]
Who was the first akarah (barren woman) in the Torah to bear children?
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Both with the same name [closed]
Who is the only person in Tanach whose father and father-in-law are two different people and have the exact same name?
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Riddle: 3 people with the same name [closed]
In the Torah - 3 people with the same name - One is Jewish - One is a Ger - One is a Non-Jew?
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Riddle: 3 generations all have name that can be read backwards and forwards [closed]
Where in Tanach do you have 3 generations - father, son, grandson, - all have names that can be read backwards and forwards?
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Who initially populated Chanoch City?
The Torah tells us (Genesis 4:17) that Kayin built a city and named it after his son, Chanoch. If Chanoch was only of the third generation of humans, how was the total human population at the time ...
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Why are several Biblical characters called “man of the Lord” (Ish HaElokim), but no one in the Bible is ever “man of God” (Ish Hashem)?
Ramban makes this observation (Deut. 33:1), and says "anyone with a good intellect" can figure out the reason. Okay I'm stumped ... help me out here please?
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Shabbos Breishis
Why is only Shabbos Breishis known as Shabbos Breishis. (As opposed to any other week - we do not call Shabbos Noach etc.)
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Which parts of the Chazon Haftorah get sad tune (Eicha trop)?
The Shabbos before Tisha B'Av gets a very sad Haftorah, known as Chazon. It's Isaiah 1:1--27. (I recommend you open the text in a new window, or else the answers to this question will make no ...
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Panim ba Panim?
How is it that Gd said to (moses) that "no man shall see me face to face and live".
yet in bereshit-32;31 (Jacob) said "I had seen Gd face to face and my soul was saved", thus naming the place peniel. ...
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כְלִי גֶבֶר Versus שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה
Why does the Torah switch the word for men from כְלִי to שִׂמְלַת for women?
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Torah is a Watching
The Posuk says
ושמרתם ועשיתם כי היא חכמתכם ובינתכם לעיני העמים
To which Rashi Comments:
'ושמרתם' זו משנה
Reb Moshe Feinstein in Darash Moshe asks why is it that the torah is referd to as a ...
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Lesson in Proper Chinuch
The Posuk(יא,יט) Starts off:
וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם
: "Teach THEM"
plural,The Posuk ends:
וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ: When YOU lay down and get up
singular, Why The change?
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Why did they eat?
It says that before the Jews had relations with the Midyanite women that eventually led Pinchas to kill Kozbi and Zimri they ate of their Idolatrous sacrifices and then it says and they bowed to their ...
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Shimon and Levi and Killing for Immorality?
Shimon and Levi single-handedly Killed out an entire city because of immorality against Dinah their sister illustrating their character of anger, later Pinchas a descendant of Levi followed in his ...
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Cursing and Money
The Posuk says that Billam said even if you give me all the money in the world I can not curse the Jews, Rashi says this indicates that he was a lover of others money.There is a small problem with ...
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Why is the weekday reading for Devarim different than for Shabbos?
Generally, the short Torah reading used on Shabbos afternoon, Monday and Thursday morning is the ~10--15 verses that will constitute the first Aliya the coming Shabbos morning.
But for Devarim, the ...
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In the Zchus (merit) of?
Which specific Zchus did Miriam have for the well,Moshe for the מן Mann, and Ahron for the Ananie Hakovod (clouds of glory)?
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Why make a Copper Snake?
Why did Moshe have to make a Copper snake. Wouldn't it be simpler if the snakes went away? (or acted as they were before the plague)
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Parah Adumah and Trefios
In Parshas Chukas it says they took out the Parah Adumah to Schecht(ritually slaughter) the Targum Yonsan says and they checked it for Treifos (illness or wounds that would render the animal ...
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Tazria-Metsora Parsha Riddle [closed]
You might see me but i don't affect you yet, I come in all shapes and sizes, and i stopped the B'nai Yisroel in the desert for a week. ??????Who am I???????
