Parsha People

Who Made the Menorah? (8:4) Betzalel (Targum Yonasan; also see Shemos 37:17) Hashem after Moshe threw gold into the fire (Rashi citing Midra...

 The Hunger Stones The Torah writes ( Devarim 27:2-4 ): And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Yarden to the land which the...

Why Did the Sotah Waters Stop? The Mishnah ( Sotah 9:9 ) writes: When adulterers multiplied, the ceremony of the bitter waters ceased a...

Who is Being Ransomed? The Torah writes ( Leviticus 27:29 ): No human being who has been proscribed can be ransomed: he shall be put to ...

Washing the Sacrifices? The Torah writes ( Leviticus 1:9 ): Its entrails and legs shall be washed with water, and the priest shall turn...

Why is Fire Singled Out Regarding Shabbos? The Torah writes ( Exodus 35:3 ): On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you sh...

Why Did They Worship the Golden Calf? The Torah writes ( Exodus 32:7-8 ): The LORD spoke to Moses, “Hurry down, for your people, whom y...