Shmot / Exodus
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Seven Species
Deuteronomy 8:7 For G-d your G-d will bring you to a good land. A land of streams, springs, and fountains, both in the valleys and in the hills. כִּי ה’ אֱל-יךָ מְבִיאֲךָ אֶל־אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה אֶרֶץ נַחֲלֵי מָיִם עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת יֹצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה וּבָהָר׃ 8:8 A land of wheat and barley, vine, fig, and pomegranate,a land…
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Israel Listening to Moses (Shabbos Stash version)
Deuteronomy 4:1 And now, Israel, obey the laws and the regulationsthat I am teaching you to do,so that that you live, and come and inherit the land that G-d, the God of your fathers, is giving to you. וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמַע אֶל־הַחֻקִּים וְאֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְלַמֵּד אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְמַעַן תִּחְיוּ וּבָאתֶם וִירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר…
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Israel Listening to Moshe
Deuteronomy 4:1 And now, Israel, obey the laws and the regulationsthat I am teaching you to do,so that that you live, and come and inherit the land that G-d, the God of your fathers, is giving to you. וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁמַע אֶל־הַחֻקִּים וְאֶל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְלַמֵּד אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְמַעַן תִּחְיוּ וּבָאתֶם וִירִשְׁתֶּם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר…
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Tefillin
Deuteronomy 6:4 Listen, Israel: G-d is our God, G-d is One (singular). שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהֹוָה אֶחָד׃ 6:5 And these words, which I command you today, are to be upon your heart. וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃ 6:6 You are to repeat them with your children, and are to speak…
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Five Books of the Torah
Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Fold over to form a book. 3. Repeat until you have books!
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G-d’s Gentle Way of Moving Along Women’s Rights
The plain text reflects the following story: In this parsha, it is determined how land will be allotted once the people get to the promised land. It will be allotted by the male lines, according to tribe. But a man named Tzlofchad left five daughters and no sons. The daughters petition Moshe, saying that while…
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Blooming Rod Jelly Bean
Numbers 16:1 And Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, AND Datan and Aviram, the sons of Aliav, AND On, the son of Pelet, (Datan, Aviram, and On) were from the tribe of Reuven וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן׃ 16:2 and…
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Blooming Rod Banana
Numbers 16:1 And Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, AND Datan and Aviram, the sons of Aliav, AND On, the son of Pelet, (Datan, Aviram, and On) were from the tribe of Reuven וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן׃ 16:2 and…
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Everyone Needs a Reminder
Despite the maxim that there is no before or after in the Torah, I think one cannot ignore the fact that the commandment to attach tzitzit to the corners of our garments comes immediately after the story of a man who insisted on violating Shabbat on the first Shabbat after we were commanded to keep…
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Cloud Covered Mishkan
Numbers / Bamidbar 9:15 And on the day on which the mishkan was erected, the cloud covered the tent of witness; from the evening until morning it had the look of fire. וּבְיוֹם הָקִים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כִּסָּה הֶעָנָן אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן לְאֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת וּבָעֶרֶב יִהְיֶה עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ עַד־בֹּקֶר׃ 9:16 And so it was: the cloud was always covering…