Bamidbar

The Talmud speaks of a mysterious passage on Bilam authored by Moses. What is it?

Dan Jutan locates a fascinating meta-narrative within Rashi's commentary.

Tzvi Sinensky explores the Talmudic version of the Roman myth of Narcissus

Yisroel Ben-Porat grapples with whether the case of the pregnant Sotah has implications for the debates surrounding abortion.

Tamar Weissman shows how the Druze minority in Israel remarkably resemble the biblical Kenites.

Ezra Sivan uncovers hidden meaning in what happened and didn't happen during the Israelites' journey in the wilderness.

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan comments on the story of Zelophehad and his daughters.

In her winning Ateret Zvi essay, Leah Sarna explores two simultaneously true stories about pregnancy: it is at once a beautiful, incredible miracle, and also a demanding journey, both physically and mentally, that often feels more like a catastrophe. Studying the Torah's accounts of pregnancy in Tazria and Rivkah's life, Sarna offers a moving analysis of what it means to hear, tell, and live these stories.

Ezra Sivan asks what light the narratives of Shabbat and the scouts shed on some critical social questions.

Sholom Eisenstat presents a passage of the Zohar about the inverted nuns in Parashat Beha'alotekha to explore the interplay between design and interpretation of the Torah.