Parasha Commentary and Sermon
Online Resource Guide

A growing project of the Department of Distance Education
of The Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

 

 

 

Mega Sites
This section contains especially large sites or other "link" sites, indexes.

Mega Sites:

Project Genesis—Archived Torah and Haftorah Commentaries – Independent

Yeshivat Har Etzion Online Beit Midrash – Torah, Holidays, etc. – Orthodox

Tanakh Study Center – Archive of Parshiot, Prophets, & Holidays – Orthodox

Indexes:

Links to Other Parashat Teachers – The Orthodox Union (OU) Cyber Home of Torah

HaReshima – The Jewish Internet Portal – Study Section

Jewish.Community Links to Divrei Torah Sites (approx. 40)

Maven – The Jewish Portal – Torah Links

Shamash Links to Divrei Torah Sites and Search


Mega Sites



Project Genesis—Archived Dvorts of Torah, Haftorah, Mussar/Ethics, and Halacha
Web Address: http://www.torah.org/learning/Parasha/pindex.html
Description: Comprehensive archives of Divrei Torah for both Torah and Haftorah Portions extending back usually a year or more.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

  • The site describes itself as independent and unaffiliated saying, “Our teachers are Orthodox, so they approach the tradition from a traditional perspective. But our program so carefully avoids labels and politics that Conservative and Reform Rabbis have actively expressed their support of the program to their congregants and colleagues.
  • ”Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced learning levels
  • Also Includes sections on Jewish Law/Halacha, Mussar/Ethics, Lifecycle, & Calendar
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Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash – Torah, Holidays Halacha, Philosophy, Talmud

Web Address: http://www.vbm–torah.org/webarch.htm
Description: An online Beit Midrash with many pieces by the two Roshei Yeshiva of Har Etzion, Rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein and Yehuda Amital and other teachers at the Yeshiva.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Orthodox Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush)
  • You will find two years of Parashat HaShavuah archives
  • A large Holiday “journal”/sermon archive as well
  • There are also lectures from courses on Talmud, Halacha, Rav Kook, Jewish Philosophy
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Tanakh Study Center – Archive of Parshiot, Prophets, & Holidays

Web Address: http://www.tanach.org/arch.htm
Description: Organized by Parashat, prophet, or holiday—provides study questions, drashot, and some maps of Biblical geography.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Orthodox
  • Provides some commentaries, some discussion questions and self study questions(especially for the section on Nevi’im)
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Links to Other Parashat Teachers – Orthodox Union Cyber Home of Torah
Web Address: http://www.ou.org/torah/shabbat/thisweek.htm
Description: Index to various Orthodox sites with different teachers for weekly Parshiot, approx. 25 links.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Union of Orthodox Cong. of America
  • Links sites to “Woman’s Perspective on the Parashat” and Weekly Haftorah
  • Links to prominent Orthodox Rabbi’s and Institutions
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HaReshima – The Jewish Internet Portal – Study Section

Web Address: http://www.hareshima.com/Study/Study.asp
Description: An annotated list of various Jewish learning sites—Divrei Torah, Torah, Talmud, Halacha and others.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Independent

  
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“Jewish.Community” Links to Divrei Torah Sites (approx. 40)

Web Address: http://www.jewish.com/search/Spirituality_and_Torah/Divrei_Torah/
Description: An annotated list of Divrei Torah Sites – 43 links.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Jewish Community
  • Has “Yahoo–styled” list of other Jewish links as well
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Maven – The Jewish Portal – Torah Links

Web Address: http://www.maven.co.il/subjects.asp?S=119
Description: Another “Yahoo-styled” structure to search for your own Jewish links – brief annotations.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:
Independent
  • Requires a few clicks to get to the “Torah”
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Shamash Links to Divrei Torah Sites and Search
Web Address: http://www.shamash.org/tanach/dvar.html#shamash
Description: Categorized list of links to Divrei Torah sites.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Independent
  • Search capabilities for the Shamash site alone or whole internet
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