The Mishnah in the 10th chapter of Pesacḥim includes a set of Ma Nishtana. If one opens a standard Babylonian Talmud (Pesacḥim 116a), one sees

Shavuot was the time that a portion of the first fruits were brought to the Temple for the priests, and Deut. 26:5-9 describes the prayer

I spent many years studying the period from 539-332 BC.E. This is the period when the Jews were subject to the rule of the kings

Since Parshat Zachor is upcoming, I thought it would be appropriate to deal with the root Z-C-R. I actually dealt with this topic before. (Do

We are all familiar with the four biblical fast days in Tishrei, Tammuz, Av and Tevet. We are also familiar with the post-Talmudic fast of

There is never an appropriate time to discuss this word. But at least Adar has not yet started, so I will squeeze this discussion in

The book of Esther jumps immediately into the reign of Achashverosh, but provides little background. Fortunately, we get some background from the book of Ezra.

There is much to discuss in this biblical poem. I am limiting myself to a brief selection. Azi ve-zimrat: God is described as “azi ve-zimrat.”

At the end of davening every Monday, we recite Psalm 48 as the “shir shel yom.” This Psalm ends: “This is God, our God forever

Reviewing: “Keys to the Palace” by Rabbi Hayyim Angel. Kodesh Press, 308 pages. 2017. ISBN-10: 1947857029. In my youth, I was greatly influenced by the

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