The root Sh-N-H has two meanings in Tanach. On the one hand, it means “to repeat.” (Of course, the word sheni, second, comes from this

Right after the shofar is blown we recite a set of verses. The first of these is “Ashrei ha-am yodei teruah…” from Psalms 89:16. Based

Aleinu was part of the Rosh Hashanah Musaf Amidah for centuries before it began making its way into the end of the daily Shacharit service

In the spirit of the recent 15th of Av holiday, I offer the following column. Surely you realize that I am not going to write

Aside from our knowledge of his father Maimon, we know very little about the family of Rambam. For example, we know nothing about his mother.

I have previously written about several other letters of the Rambam: 1) his letter to the learned translator Samuel Ibn Tibbon, 2) his letter to

I previously wrote about this word. But that was three years ago. Presumably, you are all mortals and not prophets, and need some refreshing. (I

I decided to continue with the Maimonides’ letters topic for another week. This time I will write about my third-favorite letter of Maimonides, a letter

We are fortunate that many different letters from Maimonides have survived. Here I am going to discuss my two favorites. Maimonides lived his early life

Reviewing: “The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible,” by Aviya Kushner, 2015. 272 pages. Spiegel & Grau, ISBN-10:

Many of us are aware that the oldest complete Hebrew Bible is the Leningrad Codex, which dates to the early 11th century. It is currently

It is time to address some Nach and canon-related issues. The Talmud (Baba Batra 14b) lists 19 Nach books: eight in the Neviim and 11