In Toldot, at the end of Chapter 26, we are told that Eisav took two Hittite wives and these became “morat ruach” to Yitzchak and

Michael Oren was Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. during President Obama’s first term. The first part of the book tells us about Oren’s early years.

I came across an interesting article recently. The article is by a scholar named Elaine Goodfriend, and it discusses the division of the Torah into

The phrase “mi natan la-sechvi vinah?” (=who gave the “sechvi” understanding?) is found at Job 38:36. The verse has two parts: who put wisdom in

Dr. Moshe Sokolow, a professor of Bible at Yeshiva University for many years, and associate dean of Azrieli, came out with this book in 2015.

“Erev” (evening) and “boker” (morning) are words that are well-known to us. How did these words develop these meanings? The root ayin-resh-bet has several meanings,

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