I recently came across three such lists. I am going to choose my top 10 from the various lists, in no particular order: 1. Opium

First, I will provide a general overview of the widely occurring root ענה. It has four different meanings: 1) respond, 2) sing, 3) afflict, and

The word עונן seems to describe a type of divination. Sometimes, the individual practicing it is called an עונן and other times a מעונן. I

A widespread understanding of the word חוק in traditional sources is that it is a law that we do not know the reason for, even

Megillat Taanit is a work from the first century CE which lists festive days when Jews were not allowed to fast. On some of them—the

This zemer, song, was authored by Yisrael ben Moshe Najara (c. 1555- 1625, biography is below). His name ישראל is spelled by the first letter

I once read a book by someone very familiar with rabbinic Hebrew and modern Hebrew who ended up studying the King James Bible and writing

The Tanach has several words for sticks: shevet, mateh, mishenet and makel. What is the difference between them? Let us analyze the easiest one first,

There was a very important find recently from Lachish. The item — an ancient comb — was discovered in 2017, but the faint writing on

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