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

In B'midbar 19:13 the Torah says that the punishment for entering the mikdash while impure is spiritual excision, using the words וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל. . . . . .that nefesh shal …

וַתְּדַבֵּ֨ר מִרְיָ֤ם וְאַהֲרֹן֙ בְּמֹשֶׁ֔ה Separating Miriam as the subject of one clause from Aharon as the subject of another clause is not syntactically plausible for a couple reasons: They …

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 …

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 …

The Malbi"m there brings down a dispute over the meanings of the two terms. Either כלי and שמלה are synonyms and both refer to articles of clothing, or כלי is a broader term that includes clothing (su …

In describing the layout of B'nei Yisra'el's camp in the wilderness, the Torah records four groups (called d'galim) comprising 3 tribes each, and lists them in order, dictating a diagram of how they t …

Please see Rav Moshe Feinstein's answer here (linked in the other thread). He says the only reason one may not marry two sisters is the prohibition against קידושין (the preliminary stage of marriage) …

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 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 …

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 is a well-known statement by Resh Lakish in Gitin (90) that כי" משמש בד' לשונות: אי, דלמא, אלא, דהא" "ki" expresses four meanings... There has been discussion over the ages as to what exactly …

It has to do with the fact that in this case, the same incident recorded later in the Torah, seems to tell us that it was Moshe's own decision (and the populace's initiative) to send the mission. We d …

יעקב אש ויוסף להבה Ya'akov is fire and Yosef is flame. I don't know if "flame" is the best translation, but it's the part of the fire that is not necessarily attached to the source/fuel and …

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 …