Gaza border Israelis affected by Oct. 7 are channeling their pain into meaningful initiatives to restore the region's economy ...

We may borrow from the approach of the Noam Elimelech (Shemos Bo 15) that we saw in blog post psychology of daf 154, whereby ...

But the midrash, in a deliberate misreading, chooses to interpret the expression to mean this light is to burn constantly, day as well as night. The midrash says the other lights in the sanctuary burn ...

The field of Efron had a bad reputation; it was said to be haunted. Anyone happening to wander into the field reported encountering a demon wielding a sword. As viable real estate it was worthless.

Yitzhak, apparently, sees no promise in the younger of his twin sons. He prefers Esav both for his maturity and for his ...

The American Academy of Religion celebrated former AAR president Plaskow's trailblazing scholarship including her 1990 ...

The American Academy of Religion will honor past president Judith Plaskow for her lifetime of influential scholarship on ...

In pardoning his son Hunter, President Biden faced a challenge like Abraham's with Isaac: does family or faith — in the ...

Hagar returned and bore Avram’s son Ishma’el at the end of Genesis 16. In Genesis 17, Avram is circumcised, and the covenant ...

Her poems are noted for gifted allusions to verses and midrash. Jeremiah 31: (Chabad translation) 14-16: So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for ...