A fundamental disagreement about how to read a verse in the Torah
Mar 16, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 91
Rashi translates a word in an original way, and then supports his proposal.
Mar 10, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 90
The connection between two well-known Rashi comments
Mar 03, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 89
An investigation of various forms of past tense verbs
Feb 24, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Moshe grinds the Golden Calf into dust, mixes it with water, and makes the people drink.
Feb 17, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Lessons from the neckline of the Kohen Gadol's cloak
Feb 10, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Commentators attack Rashi for asking a weak question.
Feb 03, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 85
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.
Jan 27, 2022•39 min•Season 2Ep. 84
The Torah uses different grammatical forms for different types of past events.
Jan 20, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Moshe addresses Yehoshua as an equal.
Jan 13, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Rashi identifies two categories of people who may not partake of the Korban Pesach.
Jan 06, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 81
The Torah rehabilitates the reputations of Reuven, Shimon, and Levi.
Dec 30, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 80
Rashi explains a phrase metaphorically.
Dec 23, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Yaakov declares that each of Yosef's two sons will become a separate tribe.
Dec 16, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Yosef presents his five weakest brothers to Pharaoh.
Dec 09, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Rashi usurps Yosef's role as dream interpreter
Dec 02, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Why did Yaakov think that he would suffer in the World to Come if one of his sons predeceased him?
Nov 25, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Is Rashi asking a question, or answering one?
Nov 18, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Some technical and content aspects of the first verse in Parashas Vayetzei
Nov 11, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 73
What did Esav sell to Yaakov and how was this an ethical and legal sale?
Nov 04, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Was Eliezer's method of swearing to Avraham conventional and customary, or exceptional?
Oct 28, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 71
The supercommentators go to work on two words in Rashi.
Oct 21, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 70
A verse in Mishlei sheds light on Lot.
Oct 14, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 69
In the beginning of Parashas Noach, Rashi makes three references to Avraham.
Oct 07, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 69
What did Adam and Chava lose by eating the forbidden fruit?
Oct 01, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 1
The tribe of Gad chooses to dwell near the burial place of Moshe Rabeinu
Sep 26, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Rashi raises a question about his own novel interpretation.
Sep 15, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 65
Contextual analyis and textual criticism lead to the same conclusion.
Sep 10, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Rashi gives a lesson about grammar and cantillation--and blessings and curses.
Sep 02, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Rashi changes his comments about the Seven Species.
Aug 27, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 62
