What’s In a House? (Shemot)
As you may know, I love midrash. Midrash is a type of Jewish text that simultaneously pays close attention to…
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Ibn Ezra: People or Possessions (Mattot)
Ibn Ezra on “We will build here sheepfolds for our flocks and towns for our children” (Numbers 32:16). Do they care more about possessions or people?
Ibn Ezra: Spirit of Leadership (Pinchas)
Moses asks God who the next leader will be, using an unusual name: “God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” (Numbers 27:16).
Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)
In Emor, a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man blasphemes God and is then stoned to death. Why was he deemed a stranger? Could it have turned out differently?
Rashbam: Sins of the Satiated or Thirsty (Nitzavim)
Rashbam and Rashi take on the difficult phrase “to the utter ruin of the moist and dry alike” – satiated sinners or thirsty sinners, who is worse?