Farm animals are integral to the Torah reading read on the intermediate Sabbath of Passover. Exodus 34 refers prominently to ...

There is one teaching in particular that is repeated more than any other through these first five books of the Hebrew Bible — ...

The red stitching has long since faded, and the hand-woven linen has softened from white to ivory. Embroidered with a menorah ...

Life in Israel over the past few weeks has developed a strange new rhythm. Usually, there is a warning - a loud, crackling sound on the phone that projectiles may be coming your way - and then, ...

The answer can be found in Parashat Mishpatim, which relates the events of the reading from the ספר הברית : ‘the Book of the ...

When an invisible entity making up 85% of the universe’s mass stumps the greatest scientific minds of our time, awe is an ...

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When analyzing the oldest books of the Bible, scholars have identified the work of various writers and editors. But how did ...

The Knesset has approved the 2026 state budget, avoiding elections, as coalition partners back the plan despite earlier ...

The decision followed debates in the committee that went late into the night. The second and third readings are expected to ...

The Eternal Flame ...

Rabbi Amnon Bazak’s second volume on the biblical book of Samuel is superb, far better than the many classical commentators ...