Shemot

Was the teiva an attempt to save Moshe's life? David Fried challenges our assumptions about the purpose of the wicker basket in the river.

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

Leah Sarna argues that this is the Passover to tell the stories of enslaved Jewish women: of the victims of October 7, who were and likely still are subjected to sexual violence, and of the heroic women in the era of the Exodus, who fought to ensure the perpetuation of the Jewish people.

Our modern Shabbat experience has been called "a taste of the world to come." But was this the case for the first Shabbat in the desert? Ezra Zuckerman Sivan considers the question.

Joshua Shapiro explains how close readers of the Biblical text can find a unifying theory for reason behind the ten plagues.

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

How do Moses Mendelssohn and Revelation jibe? Judah Kerbel offers some perspective.

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan explains how an enigmatic passage in Masekhet Shabbat teaches us how we can use Shabbat to connect to an oft-hidden God.

Ezra Sivan probes the Sabbath and the Torah's call to love God.

Ranana Dine compares Christian and Jewish views on the value of having a beautiful Temple.