Category: Torah

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

by Rabbi Hayyim AngelPosted on November 28, 2016

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

by Rabbi Shmuel KlitsnerPosted 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 AsterPosted on November 28, 2016

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Seeking Structure in the Book of Shoftim

by Dean Rachel FriedmanPosted on November 28, 2016

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Devarim: Structure and Theology in the Book of Devarim

by Dr. Aaron KollerPosted on November 28, 2016

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The Camp of Israel and the Space of Yaakov

by Rabbi Nachman LevinePosted on November 28, 2016

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Speaking Truth to Power

by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted 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 LevyPosted on November 23, 2016

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Exodus Themes in the Galut Bavel Narratives

by Dr. Aaron KollerPosted on November 23, 2016

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

by Rabbi Francis NatafPosted on November 23, 2016

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Is the Torah Strictly Monotheistic?

by Dr. Leeor GottliebPosted on November 23, 2016

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The “Gap Years” in Sefer Bemidbar; Unpacking the Second Half of the Book

by Rabbi Menachem LeibtagPosted on November 23, 2016

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