Weekly Parsha Thoughts

The passuk states ותפתח הארץ את פיה “and the earth opened up its mouth.” In Parshas Eikev the passuk adds בקרב כל ישראל “amongst all of Yisrael.” Rashi brings: Rebi Yehudah explains, wherever one wanted to escape, the earth opened up its... Read More

The passuk states in the report of the meraglim (spies) ארץ אוכלת יושביה היא it is a land which consumes its residents. Onkelos translates אוכלת as “kills” its dwellers, explaining the intent of the words. The Me’at Tzuri adds that the word... Read More

The passuk states שטו העם ולקטו וטחנו ברחים או דכו במדוכה…ועשו אותו עוגות the nation went for a walk and they collected and grinded with the mill or crushed with the mortar…and made it into cakes. The Gemara asks: it states שטו,... Read More

The passuk states ואיש את קדשיו לו יהיו “and a man, his holy things will be to him.” What does this mean? Rashi brings from the Midrash Aggadah: One who holds back from giving his ma’asros (tithes)לו יהיו, to him will be... Read More

The passuk states ויתילדו על משפחותם לבית אבותם and they made themselves born upon their families to their father’s house. What does this mean? And how did they do this? The Ramban explains that everyone from the nation of Yisroel, aside from... Read More

The passuk states that those who are remaining will melt for their aveiros and also בעונות אבותם אתם ימקו for the aveiros of their father with them they will be melted. The Gemara asks: the passuk in Ki Seitzei however states  לא... Read More