A series that clarifies Rashi on Chumash
Kelomar — Chumash Rashi Clarified is a shiur series devoted to one task: making Rashi's commentary on the Chumash clear. It is a project, not a person; the name kelomar — "that is to say" — captures its method of explaining exactly what Rashi means. The collection gathers about thirty classes that walk through Rashi's comments phrase by phrase.
Rashi is the first commentary a Jew meets on the Chumash and often the hardest to fully grasp, because so much is packed into a few careful words. A series built to clarify Rashi answers the natural questions a reader has — why Rashi comments here, what problem he is solving, what his terse phrasing is really saying — one comment at a time.
Reading Rashi with the difficulties resolved
Rashi rarely says more than he must, which is why he rewards explanation. A good clarification shows what prompted each comment — the extra word, the apparent contradiction, the gap in the story — so that Rashi stops being a line to skim and becomes a window into the text. A series organized around that work trains a reader to see what Rashi saw.
Working through Rashi as a series, rather than in scattered pieces, builds a habit of reading. Once a learner sees the kinds of questions Rashi answers, they begin to anticipate them, and the commentary opens up across the whole Chumash. Thirty recorded classes give enough repetition for that skill to take hold and carry into independent learning.
Rashi study for the Shabbos table
Reviewing the parsha with Rashi is a classic weekly practice, and a recorded clarification series supports it directly. A family can take the relevant classes before Shabbos, arriving at the table with Rashi understood rather than puzzled over. Because the classes are recorded, they can be paused and replayed until each comment is clear.
A clarified Rashi is also ideal for learning across ages. Children meet Rashi early in school, and parents who have worked through the same comments can help make sense of them at home. A series that unpacks Rashi phrase by phrase gives a household a shared, reliable way into the weekly reading, ready to revisit each year as the parsha returns.
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Key takeaways
- Kelomar — Chumash Rashi Clarified is a series devoted to explaining Rashi's commentary on the Chumash, phrase by phrase.
- Its name, "that is to say," captures its method of spelling out exactly what Rashi means.
- About thirty classes train a reader to see the questions Rashi is answering.
- A clarified Rashi supports the classic practice of reviewing the parsha before Shabbos.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.