A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Moshe’s Qualifications to Lead

While learning Pirkei Avot, a pre-teen TorahTutors student and her tutor noticed something that reminded them of something they’d learned not long before in the weekly parsha. (It’s also relevant to the upcoming holiday of Pesach!) Avot 1:10 says, ”Sna et harabanut– Hate status.” Moshe put in a lot of effort trying to “convince” Hashem…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Righteous Gentiles in the Bible

The Palestinian Talmud (Berachot 2:8) names Yitro and Rachav as examples of tzaddikei umot ha’olam – righteous people from other nations who become attached in some way to the Jewish people. A TorahTutors student enjoyed comparing and contrasting the accounts of these two individuals. Each brought some benefit to the Jewish people – Rachav saved…

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