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Torah Speaks in the Language of Human Beings

⬇PDF A Celebration of Possibilities: Between Tradition and Innovation in Parshanut HaMikra

Lesson Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokolow

The lecture discusses the understanding of the Oral Torah, examining the tension between tradition and innovation, and between authority and autonomy. It presents how the Torah, despite being divine, …

Dots on Words in the Torah Eternal Nature of the Torah Torah She’Be’al Peh Torah Speaks in the Language of Human Beings

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Dr. Avigail Rock

Rashi’s commentary is composed, for the most part, of adapted midrashim. What motivates Rashi to turn to midrashim that apparently do not explicate the peshat? A difficulty in the verses that has no r…

Exegesis - Parshanut Rashi Midrashic Interpretation Peshat and Drash Peshuto Shel Mikra Torah Speaks in the Language of Human Beings

⬇PDF Peshat and Derash – Midrash Aggada

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbi Amnon Bazak

What are the definitions of Peshat are Derash? Which of the two is the central way of interpreting the Torah? What was the attitude of the Geonim to Midrash?

Peshat and Drash Midrashic Interpretation Torah Speaks in the Language of Human Beings

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