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The commentary of Ramba"n on Vayikra 26:16 explains a large swath of parashas B'chukosai as an allegory to the two batei Mikdash and the corresponding exiles. Included therein, he elaborates on the wa …

I think it bears explanation exactly what the "obvious logical contradictions" are. After all, once one accepts the possibility of prophecy, as arguably one must, the אבות knowing the future is really …

Perhaps they weren't primarily food ministers although their titles reflected part of their job or their job's history. Their prominence in this part of B'reshis would be explained not by their connec …

Interesting question! But Moshe need not have literally been judging all day long for Yisro's point to be legitimate. נָבֹל תִּבֹּל גַּם אַתָּה גַּם הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עִמָּךְ כִּי כָבֵד מִמְּךָ הַד …

I don't know how they did measure mountains, but here is one way known to Tana'im that that was available to "them". See רע"ב's last comment on Eruvin 5:4 for a method of measuring straight distances …

Rada"k (on ch. 3) is of the opinion that it is a term of elevation, in this case indicating elevation of the voice in reciting the word/line/psalm in which it appears. The word appears only in T'hilim …

Rash"i, agreeing with Unk'lus, says it refers to Mashiach.

According to Rav Naftali Tzvi Y'huda Berlin in his commentary Ha'mek Davar, tithing is a generic term for separating some of one's wealth and giving it away - particularly to poor people. Indeed, we f …

Does the following idea have any validity? Is it brought down anywhere? When members of the tribes of R'uven and Gad approached Moshe to unwaveringly request settlement on the east bank of the Jordan …

The Torah says in Sh'mos 14:30 . . .וַיּוֹשַׁע ה' בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם That day God saved Yisra'el from the hand of Mitzrayim. . . I wondered why in this context …

Presumably his family told him. In other words, what makes us think it was a secret? The Torah gives us this (paraphrased) timeline: Par'o's daughter finds Moshe, saying "this baby is a Hebrew!" So …

There might be a big difference between "ideas" and "lessons", but perhaps you are referring to the assumption that the g'mara gives preference to earlier p'sukim over later ones when choosing proofte …

According to this article from Bar Ilan, although I know the idea is brought down in a commentary of Ralba"g as well, everything from B'midbar 22:20 (through :35?) was a dream. No need to be shocked a …

Rav Ovadia S'forno says that some of the dam nidus is still around (and unassimilated) in the baby's body for the first week, so it wouldn't be fitting to perform a mitzva on it during that time. (I d …

The pasuk to which you refer describes Mard'chai as being both a Y'hudi and a Y'mini. The former term is the one that, in modern parlance, is translated as "Jew". In this case Y'hudi is a demonym re …