I am repeating this article from last year, because I have to correct a major mistake that I made — as I will explain towards

כתנת is an easy word. It appears many times in Tanach and is a garment. But what is the meaning of that word פסים? The

The widespread assumption today is that this poem was authored by Rabbi Elazar Azikri (1533-1600), a kabbalistic rabbi in Safed. He had a lot of

Part II Last week, I began my summary of an article in Hakirah, volume 31 (2022) by Daniel Klein. The article is entitled: “Let Him

In Genesis 23:2, we are told that Sarah died and that Avraham came “lispod le-Sarah ve-livkotah.” “Livkotah” means “to cry.” But what does “lispod” mean?

Students of Hebrew are taught early on that the hitpael functions as a “reflexive” stem, i.e., that the actor is doing some action on himself.

When we realize that the Jewish state is essentially a result of World War I, we much better understand the justice of our cause. Unfortunately,

The idea for this prayer is based on a baraita at Shabbat 119b (in the name of the tanna Rabbi Yose bar Yehudah) that states

While he was prime minister, David Ben-Gurion used to have regular Tanach study sessions. The group met in his home every other week. It included

The word ”אישון appears five times in Tanach. Let us look at one of these occasions: Deuteronomy 32:10 reads: “He found him (the Israelites) in

The noun “נפשׁ” occurs over 700 times in Tanach. The word has a range of meanings including: person, life, life-force, breath, desire and appetite. (For