First a little background: Herzl was born in 1860. He spent his early years in Pest (now Budapest) and then Vienna. He went to law

This is a very interesting work. Herzl made entries from June 1895 until May 1904. He died a few months later at 44. These entries

Reviewing: “Shadal on Numbers.” Translated and Edited by Daniel A. Klein. Kodesh Press. 2023. English. Paperback. 445 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8888940167. Daniel Klein continues to spread

Shavuot is called by three names in the Torah: 1) “chag ha-katzir,” 2) “yom ha-bikkurim,” and 3) “chag Shavuot” (=seven weeks “from when you put

I previously wrote about the finding of the initial seven Dead Sea Scrolls. Briefly, seven scrolls were found in late 1946 or early 1947 by

That ubiquitous word “kosher” (כשר), where does it come from? We all should recognize this root from the Megillah. At verse 8:5, Esther asks the

Part II We are in the middle of a story from Counsel to the President (1991) by Clark Clifford, who was an official in the

Part I I had always heard that Clark Clifford was an official in the United States administration who was supportive of Israel. He worked for

After the Birkat Hamazon, and before “lo lanu” and the other texts of the fourth cup, the widespread custom is to recite a selection of

The term “Shabbat HaGadol,” first appears in the 12th century in works attributed to the school of Rashi: Sefer HaOrah, Siddur Rashi and Sefer HaPardes.

The purpose of this article is to point to variations in the name of the 54 parshiyot. In the past few centuries, the names have

ארוסין: This word has its origin in Tanach, where it is always spelled with a “sin.” E.g., ארשׂ (Deuteronomy 20:7). Many words were spelled with