Ramban

1194-1270

Rav Moshe Ben Nachman (1194-1270) lived in Spain and in his final days moved to Eretz Yisrael. He was among the greatest of the Spanish Rishonim. His writings deal with all areas of Torah, including his perush on the Torah, his chiddusim on the Gemara, his Teshuvot, his seforim on Halakha topics, and many books on machshava. When my rebbe Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l was asked if he were stranded on a desert island with one sefer, which would it be, he replied, “Ramban al HaTorah.” His perush on the Torah can be found in any standard Mikraot Gedolot Chumash.

https://www.sefaria.org.il/texts/Tanakh/Rishonim%20on%20Tanakh/Ramban

Divrei Torah by Ramban

Bereishit

Bereishit 1:1

Bereishit 1:1 — Ramban

by Ramban

Torah begins with Bereishit to teach Eretz Yisrael is ours; it is not to teach Bereishit, because we don't understand it from the text but rather from our mesora

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Bereishit

Bereishit 2:17

Bereishit 2:17 — Ramban

by Ramban

Eating the fruit brings death (either meant to live forever, or now the death will be a result of the sin)

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Bereishit

Bereishit 5:4

Bereishit 5:4 — Ramban

by Ramban

Adam lived longer either because Hashem made him directly, or because they were smarter back then

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Noach

Noach 6:19

Noach 6:19 — Ramban

by Ramban

The teiva's official size was not big enough and needed a nes, but it was still big so as to cause others to see and do teshuva and to limit how much of a miracle was needed

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Noach

Noach 6:20

Noach 6:20 — Ramban

by Ramban

Hashem sent 2 of each animal to be saved, but the ones Noach would need for a korban he had to gather himself, as it would not be proper for Hashem arrange for them to come to be killed

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