About the Author

Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld

Dovid Rosenfeld grew up in Silver Spring, MD, and received Rabbinical ordination from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore, MD. He works as a web programmer for aish.com and a writer for ArtScroll. He lives with his wife and family in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.

About the Author

Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld

Sacrifices versus Idolatry

Jacob’s Embalmment

Enosh, Calling God’s Name, and the Origins of Idolatry

Two Yuds for Name of God

Firstborn (Bechor) Privileges

Kohen Higher Status

Remarrying One’s Divorcee

Why is Sukkot Celebrated in the Fall?

Fasting: Uncovering Our Essence

How to Pray Well

Covenant of Salt

Hamentaschen and Haman’s Three-Cornered Hat

Davidic Line Today

David and Bathsheba

Adam’s Sin and the Decree of Death

Samson – Contact with Dead

Missed Bar Mitzvah

Wearing Red Thread

Jephthah Sacrificing Daughter

Rebellious Son (Ben Sorer U’Moreh) Punished for Future

Repentance – Accepting for Future

Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin

Sons of God – Bnei Elohim

Starting Anew on Rosh Hashanah

Kaddish in Aramaic

Dangerous Occupation

Ancient versus Modern Hebrew Script

Eve's Creation: Rib or Side?

Holy Cheesecake: Why We Feast on Shavuot

Meat After the Flood

Roasted Foods at Seder

Passover – 14th or 15th?

Plague of Blood – Magician’s Imitation

Drinking on Purim

The Plagues: Why the Staff?

Israeli Fruit on Tu B’Shvat

Carobs on Tu B’Shvat

Shiva on Shabbat

Cousin Marriages

Shehechiyanu Blessing on Major Purchase

Eishet Yefat To’ar – Woman Captured in War

Chanukah Gelt

Relighting Extinguished Candles

“Let Us Make Man”

Jacob vs. Esau, Part 2: Jacob Becomes Israel

Jacob vs. Esau, Part 1: The Two Roles

Is the Torah Literal?

The After-Holidays Blues

Lechem Mishna - Double Loaves

The Forgotten Supper

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