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

[Blue Bird]

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!

I'm looking forward to reading these texts, they seem to go deeper than the commentaries I know. However, it is a whole new world and I try to orient myself carefully. I clicked around and read about the Holocaust, which is becoming more and more personal for me

So I will take some time to grasp some content on the homepage. Thanks a lot for these links!