Just an idea - talking about the H.B.?

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Good morning searchinmyroots!

Nice that you like the idea. My knowledge of your tradition is close to zero and it's a pleasure to learn how you do your readings.

I have very few commentaries because they answer questions I don't have and leave out important points that I would like to know. Are your commentaries freely available? if so, would you mind giving me a title of one example?

Sorry for the delayed response Bluebird, been very busy the past couple of days.

So to further clarify, our weekly Parsha studies also include a, what we call, "connected" or relevant topic from the prophets which we call the Haftorah.

Well, just about everything we read has commentary as the Hebrew language is robust in meaning and many parts of the Torah may relate to other parts.

I guess to start, the Aish website has some good commentaries - https://www.aish.com/tp/pl/

Here is this weeks -

https://www.aish.com/tp/?s=nb

Please understand there are many different levels of study and the more advanced ones may seem strange or difficult to understand what is being said. There are commentaries of commentaries of commentaries and what was written thousands of years ago may seem obscure.

So it would be best to stick with the simple commentaries.

Another favorite of mine is Rabbi Fohrman of Alpeh Beta (I'm pretty sure he is one of Dana's favorites as well!). He sometimes explains how those seemingly strange commentaries may relate. Here is the website (please note I think they allow you a certain amount of viewing for free every month and anything more than that requires some level of subscription)

https://www.alephbeta.org/

That's my advice for now!

Have fun and I hope you learn something you never realized before!