Torah

Isn’t such behavior self-evidently wrong? And why the deaf in particular?

Shai Held
April 29 2015 12:01AM

And why this week’s Torah portion fits into the spirit of both days.

April 21 2015 12:01AM

You can hear the man’s voice as he keeps changing his mind. What’s the point of such a Shakespearean portrayal?

March 19 2015 12:01AM

Many are sure that one of Judaism’s central events never happened. Evidence, some published here for the first time, suggests otherwise.

March 2 2015 12:01AM

God wanted all of Amalek dead. Saul thought he knew better. What happened next?

Feb. 26 2015 12:01AM

The Torah repeatedly mandates care for orphans (along with widows and the poor), most notably by creating a special tithe to be given them and. . .

Feb. 11 2015 12:01AM

Why Jewish girls are named after the fierce prophetess Deborah.

Jan. 29 2015 12:01AM

At the beginning of Exodus, two Hebrew midwives refuse Pharaoh’s instructions to murder Israelite infant males. Jonathan Sacks explores this act of heroism and its. . .

Jan. 9 2015 12:01AM

According to Genesis, Abraham hailed from a Mesopotamian city called “Ur Kasdim,” a name usually rendered in English as “Ur of the Chaldeans.” Most commentators. . .

Reuven Chaim Klein
Jan. 8 2015 12:01AM

It’s hard to read the story of Joseph and his brothers without asking that question.

Dec. 24 2014 12:01AM

Was Jacob born to greatness, did he achieve it, or did he have it thrust upon him by his mother?

Nov. 20 2014 12:01AM

How to understand the Binding of Isaac.

Nov. 6 2014 12:01AM

It isn’t Moses, despite the four books devoted to his adventures—it’s Abraham. Why?

Oct. 31 2014 12:01AM

Rosh Hashanah as described in the Torah looks very different from the Rosh Hashanah we know today. What happened, and what exactly are we celebrating?

Nathan Laufer
Sept. 16 2014 5:37PM