Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles.
A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike.
Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters.
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Daf Yomi
Daily regimen of learning the Babylonian Talmud. This cycle takes approximately 7½ years to complete. Today's study is:
Makkot 14
Mishnah Yomi
A program of daily learning in which participants study two Mishnayot each day in order to finish the entire Mishnah in about six years. Today's reading is:
Avodah Zarah 1:8-9
Daily Rambam
A learning program that divides Maimonides’s Mishneh Torah legal code into daily units, to complete the whole work in three years. Today's reading is:
Damages to Property 7
Daily Chofetz Chaim
Daily study of the Sefer Chofetz Chaim, which deals with the Jewish ethics and laws of speech. The book is divided into 119 parts in a regular year and 129 parts in a leap year. Today's reading is:
Hilchos Rechilus 1.4-1.5 / Book I, Shar Hatorah 8.5-8.6
Daily Tehillim
Daily study of a few chapters from the 150-chapter book of Psalms (Tehillim). The entire book is completed on the final day of each Hebrew month. On months with 29 days, the 30th portion is combined with the 29th portion. Today's study is:
