“Between the Lines of the Bible: A Study From the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary,” by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom (Yashar Books) Besotted with Torah. That’s the phrase that springs to mind when ...

For Rav Kook, it was axiomatic that the Jewish soul and the Torah are a match made in heaven. In his book analyzing the essential nature and value of Torah study, Orot HaTorah, he categorically ...

Week by week, portion by portion, we began making our way through the five books of Moses, and then the books of the prophets and the sacred writings. Being a rabbinical student, Torah study was ...

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In Israel today, the Haredi question is no longer a marginal sociological issue. It sits at the center of our politics, our economy, and our social fabric: mass draft exemptions, low male workforce ...

For 49 days we faithfully counted the Omer, building up to the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, the holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, is widely observed around the world by ...

Thanks for joining our study. Perhaps you are here for a reason. I was "called" to write about this topic after last week's study. In my interview with Museum of the Bible President and CEO, Carlos ...