The idea for this prayer is based on a baraita at Shabbat 119b (in the name of the tanna Rabbi Yose bar Yehudah) that states
While he was prime minister, David Ben-Gurion used to have regular Tanach study sessions. The group met in his home every other week. It included
The word ”אישון appears five times in Tanach. Let us look at one of these occasions: Deuteronomy 32:10 reads: “He found him (the Israelites) in
The noun “נפשׁ” occurs over 700 times in Tanach. The word has a range of meanings including: person, life, life-force, breath, desire and appetite. (For
Many years ago, I wrote an important article on Aleinu. It was first published in Hakirah in 2011. I improved it thereafter and included it
Over the past two years, I have collected material on many words that do not warrant an entire column. I present this “collage” of material
A biblical concordance is a book that is organized by roots in alphabetical order and lists the various words of the Bible. With a concordance,
Last year, I wrote about the origin of the recital of this chapter during the High Holiday season (based largely on the research of Eliezer
We all recite this phrase daily in Shema. But what does it mean? The word that needs a proper translation is יפתה. The phrase comes
This psalm has only two verses: 1) Praise Hashem all nations (“goyim”); Laud him all the peoples (“ha-umim”). 2) For His chesed is great on
Part II Last week, we discussed the first Bar-Kochba letter findings at the caves of Murabba’at. This week, we will discuss Nahal Hever. This site
What did we really know about Bar-Kochba for two thousand years? The material in rabbinic literature was brief and the passages had a legendary quality
