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Ramban – Nachmanides

Ramban lived from 1195 – 1270. He wrote commentaries on the Torah and many parts of the Talmud.

Exodus 38:21 – The Reckoning

March 27, 2025

The Jewish people are building the Tabernacle. Then the Torah interrupts the narrative of the building to do some accounting.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Holy Temple, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 23:20 – The Angel

February 27, 2025February 20, 2025

God called Moses up to Mount Sinai. There He taught Moses the Torah. He also taught him what will happen after the people leave Mount Sinai.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags angels - malachim, Daat Mikra, Golden Calf, Joshua - Yehoshua, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Rambam - Maimonides, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Exodus 18:11 – Now I Know

February 13, 2025

Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, came to meet the Jewish people camped at Mount Sinai. Moses told him everything that had happened to them in Egypt and at the Sea.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, Jethro - Yitro, Malbim, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides

Exodus 14:13-14 – Stand Still Be Silent

February 5, 2025

God is escorting the Jewish people out of Egypt. He directed them to camp by the sea. But Pharaoh is chasing after them with 600 chariots.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, miracle, Moses - Moshe, Ramban - Nachmanides

Exodus 11:3 – The Man Moses

January 29, 2025

God has brought 9 plagues on Egypt. In a shocking development we learn that Moses is respected and the Jewish people are not hated by the Egyptians.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, Moses - Moshe, Pharaoh - Paro, Ramban - Nachmanides

Genesis 28:20-22 – Jacob’s Vow

December 5, 2024

Jacob had a dream of a ladder reaching from earth to heaven. God appeared to him and promised many things. Then Jacob made a vow which seems to imply that he doubted God’s promises.

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Categories Bereshit - Genesis Tags Abarbanel, dream - dreams, Jacob - Yaakov, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Deuteronomy 23:10 – The Jewish Camp

September 10, 2024

Moses in Deuteronomy 23 warns the Jewish army to “beware of every evil.” What is the evil they should avoid?

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Categories Devarim - Deuteronomy Tags IDF - Tzahal, Rabbi Sorotzkin, Ramban - Nachmanides, sin, war - armed conflict

Deuteronomy 17:6 – 2 or 3 Witnesses

September 5, 2024

According to Deuteronomy 17:6 judges in a Jewish court must hear the testimony of two or three witnesses. If two witnesses are enough, then why mention three? If three are required, then why mention two?

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Categories Devarim - Deuteronomy Tags commandments, marriage, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Deuteronomy 4:9 – Lest You Forget

August 15, 2024

In Deuteronomy 4:9 Moses tells the Jewish people not to “forget the things which your eyes have seen.” What are these “things” and why are they important?

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Categories Devarim - Deuteronomy Tags commandments, Mount Sinai - Har Sinai, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Balaam Was Not a Prophet

July 17, 2024July 6, 2012

Parshat Balak 5772

This week’s parsha is dominated by the story of Balak hiring the prophet Balaam to curse the Jewish people.

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags angels - malachim, Balaam - Bilam, prophet, Ramban - Nachmanides
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