Women in the Bible #7: Devorah

Women in the Bible #6: Miriam

Instiller of faith, enabler of redemption.

Women in the Bible #5: Dinah

The power to transform evil.

Women in the Bible #4: Rachel & Leah Part 2

The two sisters build the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and bear a positive influence on each other.

Women in the Bible #3: Rachel & Leah Part 1

A tale of two sisters.

Women in the Bible #2: Rivka

The second Jewish matriarch perfected the skills of kindness.

Women in the Bible #1: Sarah

Who was Sarah, the first Jewish woman in history?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Sinai for Non-Jews

What makes the giving of the Torah so universally relevant and necessary?

Overview of the Entire Torah

A big picture look at the books of the Bible and the Oral Law.

The Torah’s PIN Number

Identifying information that only the author knows.

Respect for Holy Objects

Taking care not to erase the written name of God.

The Book of Ruth: A Crash Course

Mother of royalty, paradigm of humility and generosity.

Joshua: No Task Too Menial

Want to be a great Jewish leader? Learn from a consummate example -- the prophet Joshua.

The Oral Tradition

In many respects, the Oral Torah is more important than the Written Torah.

Sanctity of Torah Scrolls

Our special relationship with sacred books.

Writing the Torah

Who composed the original Torah? How is a scroll written today? Is our current text accurate?

Jonah and the Whale

Jonah is read on Yom Kippur, teaching us about our spiritual voyage.

Process of Transmission

Everyone knows that the Talmud is full of disagreements. Does this mean that the information is inaccurate? Actually it proves the opposite!

Accuracy of Torah Text

The great success of Jewish tradition is the meticulous transmission of the Torah text. But actually how accurate is it?

What is the Oral Torah?

The content of the Talmud, the accompanying oral part of the Torah, was actually transmitted before the written Bible.

Rediscovering the Revelation

A thousand years after Sinai, the Jews reaffirmed their commitment to Torah. Why two acceptances?

Rational Belief

Should acceptance of the Torah be based more on evidence, or more on faith? The answer: It depends.

Day-to-Day Judaism: Torah Study

Jews are the People of the Book -- in love with Torah study and perhaps the most educated people in history.

 

Explaining the Binding of Isaac

Where was Abraham's own moral sense when he agreed to murder Isaac?

Did God Speak at Sinai?

What supports the claim that God spoke to the entire Jewish people at the foot of Mount Sinai?

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