Category: Torah

Ish ha-Yashar Beeinav: The Undoing of the Book of Joshua

by Rabbi Zvi Grumet Posted on November 28, 2016

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Hamakom Asher Yivhar Hashem: When Was It Chosen?

by Elana Flaumenhaft Posted on November 28, 2016

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Why Didn’t Moshe Rabbeinu Apologize After the Sin at Mei Meriva?

by Rabbi Hayyim Angel Posted on November 28, 2016

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The Comfort of Job’s Friends: A Study in Intertextual Irony

by Rabbi Shmuel Klitsner Posted on November 28, 2016

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The End of Sefer Melakhim: Did Jews Remain in Israel After the Galut?

by Dr. Shawn Zelig Aster Posted on November 28, 2016

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Seeking Structure in the Book of Shoftim

by Dean Rachel Friedman Posted on November 28, 2016

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Devarim: Structure and Theology in the Book of Devarim

by Dr. Aaron Koller Posted on November 28, 2016

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The Camp of Israel and the Space of Yaakov

by Rabbi Nachman Levine Posted on November 28, 2016

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Speaking Truth to Power

by Rabbi Dov Linzer Posted on November 23, 2016

Our responsibility to speak truth to power and protect victims of injustice, whether Jew or non-Jew, is a major theme of one of the central stories of parashat VaYeira, the story of Avraham arguing with God to defend Sodom and Amorah. …

Job: How Does One Understand God’s Ways?

by Rabbi Eric Levy Posted on November 23, 2016

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Exodus Themes in the Galut Bavel Narratives

by Dr. Aaron Koller Posted on November 23, 2016

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The Giveaite Concubine’s Father and the Father in Law Leitscene

by Rabbi Francis Nataf Posted on November 23, 2016

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