Bereishit

Yitzchak Etshalom comments on the relationship between Lavan and Yaakov.

The biblical account of the holiday we refer to as Shavuot bears no relationship at all to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The emergence of the association between this harvest festival and the Sinai covenant has therefore occupied both traditional and academic thinkers for centuries. Tzvika Aviv argues for a previously unexplored approach to the question, one which bridges the mystical insights of the Zohar with current scientific knowledge regarding wheat genetics.

David Curwin “Ahavah mekalkelet et ha-shurah.” — Bereishit Rabbah 55:8 The sages used the above phrase “love bends the line” to describe Abraham’s actions before the akeidah:...

David Schwartz explores thematic similarities between the Hanukkah miracle and Pharaoh’s dreams.

Mark Glass puts the Akeidah in conversation with the surrounding narratives of the book of Genesis.

Levi Morrow explores how the Rabbis use creative exegesis to save the world from drowning in a flood

Meshulam Gotlieb analyzes a midrash on Jacob's ladder dream to understand Jacob's lifelong fear, how he became so fearful and how it affected his life.

Joel Wolowelsky analyzes various midrashic readings of the Akedah.

Sam Glauber examines Abraham's place in his society.

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