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Lech Lecha

The passuk states, “And Avram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew, and all the possessions that he acquired.” The passuk then says “ואת הנפש אשר עשו בחרן” “and the souls that they made in Charan.” The Midrash Rabbah asks: if...

Noach

The passuk states that Noach drank wine and became intoxicated, and was uncovered in the tent. Cham saw and told his two brothers outside. Onkelos translates the word בחוץ outside, as in the marketplace, meaning publicly making mention about their father and...

Bereishes

The passuk statesויפח באפיו נשמת חיים ויהי האדם לנפש חיה . “And He blew into his nostrils a breath of life and the Adam became a living soul.” Rashi explains that although the passuk also calls animals נפש חיה the creation of...

Sukkos

The passuk states בסוכות תשבו שבעת ימים…למען ידעו דורותיכם כי בסכות הושבתי את בני ישראל בהוציאי אותם מארץ מצרים “In Sukkos you shall dwell for seven days…since in Sukkos I made dwell the Bnei Yisrael when I took them out of the...

Ha’azinu

The passuk states עם נבל ולא חכם. Onkelos translates this as “a nation that accepted the Torah and did not become smart.” Asks the Ga’on from Vilna: Why does נבל which is a derogatory term actually meaning imbecile, as “a nation that...

Aseres Yimei Teshuva

The Gemara brings a story with Rebi Meir: there were people in his neighborhood who would aggravate him a lot, so he davened that they should die. His wife, Beruria heard his davening and responded, “It statesיתמו חטאים , the sins should...

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