The word “olam” appears over 400 times in Tanach (in various forms). Even though we are used to it meaning “world,” this was not its

The word “brit” is a fundamental word in Tanach. But where does this word come from? Nouns do not just appear out of nowhere in

One of the last kings of Judah was Yehoyachin. We know from the books of Jeremiah and Kings that he was exiled by Nebuchadnezzar 11

This parsha includes many interesting words. I thought it would be interesting to discuss some of them. Achu: grass or reed (as food for cattle).

Antiochus (=Antiochus IV) acceded to the throne in 175 B.C.E. In the beginning of his reign, a priest named Jason purchased the high priesthood with

No, this is not an article about Ashrei. (I have written about that before.) I am now going to write about nuns that are root

Since it is now the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration of Nov. 2017, everyone has been writing about it. Even a new book came

This week’s parsha has a very interesting word: M-Sh-T-A-H. The entire phrase is: “ve-ha-ish mishtaeh lah.” The man is Eliezer and the “lah” refers to

Among the ancient texts found in the Dead Sea region are both biblical and non-biblical texts. In this column, I am going to focus on

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

We all wonder about those long lifespans recorded at the beginning of Genesis. For example, we are told that Adam lived 930 years, that Shet

My father passed away on September 2, at the age of 91. I wanted to share his life story. He was born in Brooklyn in