Isaac Newton (died 1727) was one of the most influential scientists of all time. He was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, philosopher and theologian. The
Reviewing: “Karaism: An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism” by Daniel J. Lasker. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Liverpool University Press. 2022. English. Hardcover.
One meaning of the root פרשׁ is “to separate.” We know this root well from rabbinic Hebrew: e.g., הפרישׁ, in the context of maaser and
By Mitchell First Here, we have a statement by Bilam: “Hashem elokav imo, u-teruat melech bo” Hashem—His God—is with him, and the “teruah” of a
I thought it would be interesting to discuss and provide excerpts from this work. Herzl was not the first to write in the post-Emancipation period
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
