The name Torah in the Bible The name Torah and the general wordtorahare usually translated with either law or teaching, and that would work on the proviso that what is taught is actually true (i.e. a reflection or adaptation of "natural" law). And it should be noted that covenant prece...
While the Song of the Sea creates an opening for a positive view of Miriam, much of the Torah and a certain substratum of rabbinic midrash paint a more negative picture, associating Miriam with bitterness and rebellion. Bitterness of Slavery Unlike the case of Moses, whose name is explici...
As is said (Song 1:2), “Oh, let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth”—if you occupied yourself with words of Torah, so that your lips kissed each other [as your mouths opened and closed when talking about Torah], in the end, all will kiss you on the mouth [including ...
All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for...
(Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.) Moses wrote the Torah according to the instructions given him by Hashem. Hashem dictated the Torah to Moses, letter by letter. Moses then taught it to the Children of Israel. And we have studied the Torah ever since, for 3,313 or so years. ...
Commandments, which means that all the 613 can be represented by those ten, but there are far more than ten Commandments in the Torah. (The reason Hashem made those Ten Declarations will be discussed, Hashem willing, in another article, possibly on theHoliday Gatewayfor Shavuos. No promise.)...
Beyond the Headlines: Unity, Identity and the Torah Within A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news By Sivan Rahav Meir \ 5/26/2025 2:09:47 PM 'Drive them out for a better future': IDF persuades Gazans to turn against Hamas – report ...
The Jewish holiday ofSimchat Torah, which takes place this year on the evening of October 4th, will mark the end of one annual cycle of weekly Torah readings, and the beginning of another. While many Christians negate the importance of the Torah (the Five Books of Moses), it is truly ...
“Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” (Matthew 24:2 BSB) As most of the disciples expected Jesus to be the warring messiah they longed for, the next logical question for Jesus to answer is, when will that happen? Since He...
Even if this phrase is original, it tells us little about the motivation for Cain’s action.[12] Interpreters over the centuries have struggled with the question of why Cain kills Abel. As the Torah never offers an explicit reason, rewritten accounts of the Cain and Abel story have felt ...