Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

The Torah makes it clear in numerous places that an historical awareness – consciousness of the past – is a fundamental aspect of Judaism. T...

This is the first of a series of four posts on why the proper study of Jewish history is a very important part of the development of a true ...

From the moment when the brothers first encountered Joseph as the ruler of Egypt, nothing that had happened made any sense. This powerful f...

If you are about my age, this diagram may be familiar to you. It used to be found in many Chabad publications, and I assume that it was orig...

An Index for the Talmud, After 1,500 Years - NYTimes.com Just came across this. The hyperbole in the article - and also from the pub...

In a previous post , I mentioned that there are only two sources for the story of Chanuka that have any real "canonical" authorit...

While there are a number of historical sources for the events surrounding the Jewish rebellion against the Syrian Greek empire, there are o...

A fellow from Jerusalem just came to my door raising money for his family. He was a very friendly, talkative fellow. After I gave him my - u...

In Parshas Mikeitz , Joseph is brought out of prison and presented before Pharaoh as an interpreter of dreams. This is Joseph's opportu...

One Chanuka, some years ago, I got a phone call from a student's mother who was a bit upset with me. She told me that the previous night...