Hosted by Rabbi Ari Klapper · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 27 episodes
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Why does Rashi explain the "obvious"?There's always something deeper.Every episode, Rabbi Ari Klapper takes one Rashi from the parsha and asks: Why did he need to say that? What gap was he filling? How does this commentary crack open our lives today?Not a parsha summary. A surgical strike on one idea—the Torah's hidden blueprint for relationships, character, and building you up. Just Rashi, depth, and tools to live differently.Rabbi Ari Klapper | Eli Podcast Productions | RealJudaism.org
Rabbi Ari Klapper hosts Why Did Rashi Say That?, a religion show with 27 episodes published.
Why is the inauguration of the Mishkan called Hashem's greatest joy — even above the giving of the Torah? What does it mean that wedding language appears twice in the Torah, once at Sinai and once at the Mishkan, as if t
Why does every tribe need its own flag if every tribe follows the exact same Torah? What does it mean that the nations of the world saw those flags and immediately wanted their own? And why was Korach's rebellion the one
How does a person go from simply easing up on learning to not believing in Hashem at all? Why does Rashi trace spiritual collapse not to dramatic rebellion but to something as quiet as relaxing your effort? And what does
What do you do with a man who never had a chance? Why does Rashi point the finger directly at someone whose father was murdered before he was born, whose tribe threw him out, and who had no corner of the world to call hi
Is V'ahavta L'reiacha Kamocha really telling you to feel genuine love for every single person you've ever met? Is it normal — or even possible — to love a stranger the same way you love your children? And if most people
Why does a white hair only create Tumah if the follicle dried up — and what does that have to do with how you make a living? Why did a Kohen, one of the greatest experts in Hilchos Negaim of his generation, need his wife
Why does a white hair only create Tumah if the follicle dried up — and what does that have to do with how you make a living? Why did a Kohen, one of the greatest experts in Hilchos Negaim of his generation, need his wife
Why is the great miracle of Yud Nisan commemorated on Shabbos — even when Yud Nisan falls on a Tuesday? If the Torah never mentions Shabbos in connection with taking the sheep, why do we call it Shabbos HaGadol and not Y
Why does the Torah require salt on every single Korban — every one, no exceptions? Why did the second day of creation not receive the word tov? And what does the Mishnah mean when it says that anyone who didn't witness S
Appreciate and Enjoy Shabbos: https://open.spotify.com/show/2GLIzh7FPz3opaDuHqT8bz Why does the Torah introduce the Mishkan — the holiest structure ever built — with a warning not to light fire on Shabbos? Why did Moshe
Why did Moshe Rabbeinu's most powerful argument — the Zchus of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov — fall short when he davened after the Egel HaZahav? What does HaKadosh Baruch Hu actually want to hear when we ask Him for som
What does it mean to give someone a gift instead of charity — and why does that distinction unlock the entire secret of Purim? Why do we drink on Purim specifically, and not on any other Yom Tov? And if Teshuva alone was
Why did Hashem personally seal Haman's decree when He didn't seal one at the Egel Hazahav? What did the Jewish people do at Achashverosh's party that was worse than the Three Cardinal Sins? And why was Teshuva — the answ
Why is building the Mishkan the very first thing Hashem tells Moshe on Har Sinai? What does a father losing his daughter at her wedding have to do with the Shechina? And if Hashem wants to dwell among us — why make it de
Why does Rashi point out that Mishpatim was also given at Har Sinai — isn't that obvious? What happens after the greatest spiritual moment in history ends and you still have to deal with your neighbors? And why would the
Why did Hashem tell Moshe to speak to the women before the men? At Har Sinai, the greatest event in history, what made "Beis Yaakov" come before "Bnei Yisrael"? The malachim argued the Torah should stay in Shamayim—human
Why did Hashem tell Moshe to stop davening? At the moment of greatest danger, with the sea ahead and the Egyptian army behind, why wasn't tefila the answer? The Ohr HaChaim reveals that the real danger wasn't on earth—it
Why would we even think a convert has to bring a Korban Pesach the moment he joins the Jewish people? What is it about gerus that echoes the night the Jewish nation was born? Rashi explains the logic: on that first Pesac
How can fire exist inside ice without destroying it? What does it mean that two forces which naturally cancel each other out made peace—just to do the will of Hashem? Rashi calls the hail of Makas Barad a "nes b'toch nes
Why does the Torah call Yocheved and Miriam by the names Shifra and Puah? These were the mother of Moshe, Aharon, and Miriam—and Miriam HaNeviah herself. Why hide their identities behind names that mean "she made the bab
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Why Did Rashi Say That? is hosted by Rabbi Ari Klapper. The show is categorised under religion (spirituality) and has published 27 episodes.
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