Humash

Drawing upon the teachings of the Piaseczner Rebbe, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and others, Yiscah Smith proposes a model for reimagining contemporary Jewish leadership on both the communal and personal levels.

Tzvi Sinensky responds to Herzl Hefter's Akeida essay.

Sarah's conspicuous absence from the dramatic Akeidah narrative is the subject of both traditional and scholarly interpretation. Michael Wolff offers an approach through the lens of gender roles.

Ayelet Wenger weaves together the personal, historical and exegetical in advance of reading Sefer Shemot.

In his letter to the editor, Gershon Klapper draws upon three medieval sources that undermine Ben Greenfield's recent reading of the Zohar on the three attributes of the Avot.

Jacob is described in Rabbinic thought as a pursuer of truth, but many have questioned whether this aligns with the simple reading of the text. Gavriel Lakser argues that a close reading shows that it does, even if he made some mistakes along the way.

Chaim Trachtman sees the Akeida as addressing the threat to human life, especially that of children, which is always inherent in the religious experience.

For Eve Grubin, Bilam's hidden messages is a lesson for the Torah and for life.

Eliyahu Freedman compares hospital chaplains to the Kohanim.

Ben Greenfield calls attention to a crucial, but unnoticed feature of the early narratives in Exodus.