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Written by Hindy, כה אב תשפ”ג, August 11, 2023 This week’s parsha, Parshat Re’eh, introduces and lists a good 55 mitzvot. This parsha is jam-packed with instruction and guidance, but because of this, some ideas may fly straight over our heads. One tool used to interpret the verses this week which helps us avoid this is intertextuality. One very specific pasuk alludes to one of the 7 Noahide Commandments, of not eating a limb from a living animal, but the phrasing itself is quite similar to another pasuk in Parshat

Written by Hindy, ו אלול תשפ”ב, September 01, 2022 If we station judges or officers in all of our cities, what does it do for us? Or more so, towhat extent will they keep watch? “You must appoint judges and sheriffs for yourself in all yourcities” (17:8) is the opening sentence of this week’s parsha, Shoftim. The Shach gives analternate translation. “In all your cities” is meant to mean “in all your gates”. There isn’t muchof a difference between “our cities” or “our gates”, the Siftei Kohein takes it further.