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

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

I thought it would be interesting to discuss this monumental work that is still not finished. This is an encyclopedia in Hebrew that aims to

The above statement is from Balaam’s blessing at Numbers 23:9. We know the meaning of the first three words, but what about that second phrase?

I am now going to discuss this first century work. My discussion will be based on an article by Vered Noam (cited below). Noam is

Rambam wrote a few letters to the rabbis of the main communities in southern France: the communities of Lunel and Montpellier. I am going to