Category: Torah

Fasting and Feasting in Navot’s Vineyard

by Rabbi Nachman Levine Posted on December 9, 2016

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The Personalities of Shimshon and His Parents

by Rabbi Dr. Yitzhak Berger Posted on December 9, 2016

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Structure and Context in Parashat Mishpatim

by Adina Luber Posted on December 9, 2016

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Yaakov: A Bitter Old Man in Pharoh’s Court?

by Dr. Leeor Gottlieb Posted on December 9, 2016

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How a Baby Is Made

by Rabbi Dov Linzer Posted on December 8, 2016

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How is a Baby Made?  More specifically, what determines the future characteristics of the child?  One answer emerges from the story of Yaakov’s breeding of the sheep, an answer that seems to be endorsed by the Talmud: a child’s character is shaped by what the mother and father were thinking and doing at the time of conception.…

On the Symbolic Acts Done By Yirmiyahu (Hebrew)

by Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes Posted on December 7, 2016

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The Cannanite god—Baal vs. the God of Israel

by Dr. Deena Grant Posted on December 7, 2016

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Of Battles and Military Strategies in Sefer Shoftim

by Hon. Dr. Dov Zakheim Posted on December 7, 2016

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The Expulsion of Yishmael: The Problem of a God’s Eye View

by Rabbi Chanoch Waxman Posted on December 7, 2016

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Worship of Idols or Empty Space?: Jeremiah 10

by Dr. Deena Grant Posted on December 7, 2016

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The Complex Biblical Portrait of Ahav

by Rabbi Hayyim Angel Posted on December 7, 2016

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The Man Who Would Not Be King: Insights into the Gideon Narrative

by Rabbi David Silber Posted on December 7, 2016

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