What are some recommended commentaries. A Guide to In-Depth Interpretation by Avigdor Bonchek. Students enrolled in this class may participate in the local district level of the National Bible Contest. Students who pass the district exam are then eligible to participate in the finals, held in New York City in the Spring. The synagogue and the local Bible Committee partially subsidize the cost of a trip to New York for students who qualify to take the final exam.
National winners receive prizes ranging from a trip to Israel to savings bonds.
The local Bible Committee also provides gift certificates to the Jewish Publication Society for all students who pass the district exam. The ArtScroll Tanakh series with commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources. My primary class source for Bereisheet. A recent translation trying to restore the nuances and rhythms often lost in translation. JPS Torah Commentary - An comprehensive series of five volumes.