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What’s In a House? (Shemot)

What’s In a House? (Shemot)

Feminist Reading, Midrash, Parshat HaShavuaPosted on December 24, 2021

As you may know, I love midrash. Midrash is a type of Jewish text that simultaneously pays close attention to…

Ibn Ezra: Knowing God (Ki Tissa)

Ibn Ezra: Knowing God (Ki Tissa)

Ibn EzraPosted on March 10, 2020

Moses stayed on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. God spoke, then gave Moses the tablets. What else did Moses begin to know?

Rashbam: Uproot and Interpret (Tzav)

Rashbam: Uproot and Interpret (Tzav)

RashbamPosted on March 23, 2019

Rashbam – an avowed pshat interpreter – nonetheless includes a rabbinic interpretation that “uproots the plain meaning of the verse.”

Rashbam: The Curse of Leadership (Mishpatim)

Rashbam: The Curse of Leadership (Mishpatim)

RashbamPosted on February 2, 2019

Exodus 22:27 prohibits cursing judges and leaders. Is this a way to silence those questioning leadership? Rashbam thinks it is something more fundamental.

Rashbam: Parallel Play (Beshallach)

Rashbam: Parallel Play (Beshallach)

RashbamPosted on January 14, 2019

Biblical poetry works primarily with parallelism. Rabbinic commentary mostly ignores this formal quality of biblical language, but not Rashbam!

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