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Kenneth BranderThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The Haggada of Pesach night tells a story of absolute divine agency. God acts; Israel receives. So deliberately does the text place redemption in...
In the liturgical cycle, special Shabbatot surrounding the holidays are typically named after the unique passages read on them. Even Shabbatot that...
During the ongoing war with Iran, most Israelis are scrambling for bomb shelters, struggling to balance work and online schooling for their kids, or...
The opening chapters of Sefer Vayikra introduce the sacrificial system – the intricate framework through which an individual sought forgiveness and...
Few books in Tanakh came as close to being suppressed as the book of Yechezkel. The Talmud records, in more than one place (Shabbat 13b; Menachot...
This week’s parsha is dedicated to the heroic soldiers, security forces and first responders of the IDF, defenders of the Jewish people and the land...
Parshat Teruma details the design of the Mishkan, while its haftara describes the construction of the Beit Hamikdash in Jerusalem by King Shlomo. Yet...