The goal of this project is to analyze and interpret each Parsha of the Torah using Semitic Bible Study Methods.

Main Resources

The following is a list of the major resources of the project. Therefore, these resources will NOT appear in the footnotes, however, will be in the bibliography. I will footnote minor resources using Chicago format.

Tanakh = JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: The Traditional Hebrew Text and the New JPS Translation--Second Edition. Jewish Publication Society, 2000.

Goldin, Hyman. The Book of Legends. 1. Vol. 1. 3 vols. New York, NY: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1929.

Kamenetzky, Mordechai. The Ultimate Parsha Parables Anthology: Stories and Anecdotes That Shed a New Light on the Weekly Torah Portion and Holidays: 15 Years of the Parsha Parables Series. Woodmere, NY: Bentsh Press, 2016.

Scherman, Nosson, Hersh Goldwurm, Avie Gold, and Meir Zlotowitz. The Chumash: The Torah, Haftaros and Five Megillos. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Publications, 1996.

Errico, Rocco A., George M. Lamsa, and George M. Lamsa. Aramaic Light on Genesis: A Commentary Based on the Aramaic Language and Ancient near Eastern Customs. Smyrna, GA: Noohra Foundation, Inc., 2007.

Haberman, Daniel, and Gertrude Hirschler. The Hirsch Chumash: The Five Books of the Torah. Jerusalem: Feldheim Pub., 2010.

Scheinbaum, A. L. Peninim on the Torah. Peninm ʻal Ha-Torah.: An Anthology of Thought Provoking Ideas and Practical Insights on the Weekly Parsha. Cleveland Heights, OH: Peninim Publications in conjunction with the Living Memorial, a project of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, 2016.

Weissman, Moshe. The Midrash Says = Parashiyot Ha-Shavuʻa Lefi Ḥazal: The Narrative of the Weekly Torah-Portion in the Perspective of Our Sages. Brooklyn, NY: Benei Yakov Publications, 1995.

Rashi, M. Rosenbaum, and Abraham Maurice Silbermann. Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos, Haphtaroth and Rashi Commentary. Jerusalem: Published by the Silbermann Family in arrangement with Routledge & Kegan Paul., 5745.

Saba, Abraham Ben-Jakob, Eli Munk, and Munḳ Eliyahu. Tzror Hamor Torah Commentary. Jerusalem: Lambda Publishers, 2008.

“A living Library of Jewish Texts Online.” Sefaria. Accessed March 1, 2023. https://www.sefaria.org/.

Adin Steinsaltz, Daniel Haberman, and Daniel Landman, Talks on the Parasha (Jerusalem: Shefa, 2015).

RABBI MATITUSHU CLARK, Rooted in Torah: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the Weekly Parashah and the Holidays (S.l.: GEFEN PUBLISHING, 2021).

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