Humash

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.

Tzvi Sinensky responds to Herzl Hefter's Akeida essay.

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan explains the connection between Shabbat and the Tabernacle.

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

Eliyahu Freedman compares hospital chaplains to the Kohanim.

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

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

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.

In an original analysis of one of the most famous stories in the Torah, Maier Becker calls into question many long-held assumptions about this week's parasha and proposes a new reading based on the interpretations of traditional exegetes.

Ben Greenfield examines the curious parallels between the stories of Moshe in the ark and the splitting of the sea.