
You know the Midrashim. Let's try to understand why Hazal told Og's story the way they did. Make sure to have a Chumash available, seeing the textual parallels inside will be very helpful.
Apr 19, 2021
12 min

What happened to Chur? He appears out of no where and then we never hear about him again... A closer look at who he was may help us unravel the mystery.
Apr 7, 2021
9 min

Who was Charvona and why do we also remember him favorably?
Feb 22, 2021
9 min

They are Moshe and Aaron's first cousins. They may be behind the scenes, but they may be some of the founding members of a very important group of volunteers. Can you guess what I'm referring to? If not take a few minutes and learn something new.
Feb 11, 2021
8 min

We know she is the daughter of Yitro and wife of Moshe, but what do we know about her?
Feb 3, 2021
9 min

He is lurking in the background of the Yehuda and Tamar story, but his role seems irrelevant. What do we learn from his inclusion in the text of the Torah?
Jan 25, 2021
7 min

We know she is the mother of Moshe, but by name she is only mentioned 2X in the Bible. Yet Hazal read her into as much as they can. We will try to understand what may be motivating them from the text and an overall view of Moshe.
Jan 10, 2021
7 min

The Torah recounts the 70 souls going down to Egypt tribe by tribe. But for some reason Shaul is called Shaul b Hakenanis. Who is she? And why is she mentioned?
Jan 3, 2021
6 min

A conversation in middle of a genealogy?! That breaks all of the rules. The range of views to explain this anomaly in Hazal, Rishonim and Achronim is quite broad.
Dec 27, 2020
8 min

Yehudit, Basmat, Machala, Anah, Oholivama and Basmat the 2nd. 3,4,5 or 6?
What do we learn about Esav from his choice of wives?
Dec 10, 2020
9 min
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