I am here going to summarize a review essay in Tradition, volume 57, winter 2025. The essay is by Marc Herman, an assistant professor at

I have always wondered about this topic. Periodically, I would google something like, “Hebrew Final Letters,” but I never found anything helpful. I have a

At Exodus 23:5, we are told that if one sees the donkey of one’s enemy lying (on the ground) under his burden, “Ve-chadalta mei-azov lo,

The noun חיל (chayil) appears over 200 times in Tanach. It has a few different meanings: Army: See, e.g., Exodus 14:28, “chail Pharaoh” (army of

The verb פרנס (to distribute, supply) has four root letters. This makes us think it did not originate in Hebrew as Hebrew roots normally have

This is a phrase that appears in the context of the plague on the first born. Here are verses 11:6-7: “There shall be a loud

Nowhere in Tanach is anyone counting the year from creation. What is the origin of this counting method? As further background, if one looks at

Near the end of Exodus chapter one, we have the following statement: “Because the midwives feared Elokim, He made them בתים (houses).” What could that

Professor Aaron Koller of Yeshiva University has written an important discussion of the word מכרתיהם and I would like to share it. It is found

In his new book, “Pursuing Peshat (Kodesh Press, 2024),” Dr. Moshe Sokolow includes a chapter in which he discusses many verses in Tanach where the