Directions in Rashi

#86b The Reinforced Neckline (Parashas Tetzaveh) 10.02.2022 48:13 ↓

Lessons from the neckline of the Kohen Gadol's cloak

#85b A Weak Question (Parashas Trumah) 03.02.2022 45:51 ↓

Commentators attack Rashi for asking a weak question. 

#84b Price Fixing (Parashas Mishpatim) 27.01.2022 39:17 ↓

If an ox gores and kills an eved c'naani, the Torah establishes a fixed payment for the damages, regardless of the actual value of the eved. 

#83b The Past Perfect (Parashas Yisro) 20.01.2022 31:13 ↓

The Torah uses different grammatical forms for different types of past events. 

#82b For Me and You (Parashas Beshalach) 13.01.2022 47:56 ↓

Moshe addresses Yehoshua as an equal. 

#81b The Toshav and the Sachir (Parashas Bo) 06.01.2022 37:42 ↓

Rashi identifies two categories of people who may not partake of the Korban Pesach. 

#80b Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Moshe, Aharon (Parashas Va'era) 30.12.2021 28:30 ↓

The Torah rehabilitates the reputations of Reuven, Shimon, and Levi. 

#79b Like Thorns in their Eyes (Parashas Shemos) 23.12.2021 37:40 ↓

Rashi explains a phrase metaphorically. 

#78b The Prize that I took from Esav 16.12.2021 31:26 ↓

Yaakov declares that each of Yosef's two sons will become a separate tribe. 

#77b The Weaker Brothers (Parashas Vayigash) 09.12.2021 35:44 ↓

Yosef presents his five weakest brothers to Pharaoh. 

#76b Pharaoh's Beautiful Cows (Parashas Miketz) 02.12.2021 22:26 ↓

Rashi usurps Yosef's role as dream interpreter

#75b Yaakov Mourns (Parashas Vayeshev) 25.11.2021 29:45 ↓

Why did Yaakov think that he would suffer in the World to Come if one of his sons predeceased him?

#74b The Kings of Edom (Parashas Vayishlach) 18.11.2021 30:36 ↓

Is Rashi asking a question, or answering one?

#73b The Exit of a Tzadik (Parashas Vayetzei) 11.11.2021 30:19 ↓

Some technical and content aspects of the first verse in Parashas Vayetzei

#72b Selling the Rights of the Firstborn (Parashas Toldos) 04.11.2021 38:12 ↓

What did Esav sell to Yaakov and how was this an ethical and legal sale?

#71b Eliezer's Oath: Customary or Exceptional? 28.10.2021 26:13 ↓

Was Eliezer's method of swearing to Avraham conventional and customary, or exceptional?

#70b Profaning G-d's Name in the Next World 21.10.2021 36:14 ↓

The supercommentators go to work on two words in Rashi. 

#69b The Root of Lot's Evil (Parashas Lech Lecha) 14.10.2021 34:45 ↓

A verse in Mishlei sheds light on Lot.

#68b Noach and Avraham (Parashas Noach) 07.10.2021 35:48 ↓

In the beginning of Parashas Noach, Rashi makes three references to Avraham. 

#67b The Knowledge of Good and Evil (Parashas Breishis) 01.10.2021 33:07 ↓

What did Adam and Chava lose by eating the forbidden fruit?

#66a The Portion of the Lawgiver (Parashas V'Zos Habracha) 26.09.2021 23:25 ↓

The tribe of Gad chooses to dwell near the burial place of Moshe Rabeinu

#65a Moshe Calls Upon the Heavens and the Earth (Parashas Haazinu) 15.09.2021 33:10 ↓

Rashi raises a question about his own novel interpretation. 

#64a The Completion of the Sefer Torah 10.09.2021 29:51 ↓

Contextual analyis and textual criticism lead to the same conclusion.

#63a Grammar and Cantillation (Parashas Nitzavim) 02.09.2021 33:39 ↓

Rashi gives a lesson about grammar and cantillation--and blessings and curses. 

#62a Two Parshayos, Seven Species (Parashas Ki Savo) 27.08.2021 33:42 ↓

Rashi changes his comments about the Seven Species.