Shemot

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

Aton Holzer offers a novel re-reading of the Seder, arguing that it reflects and recreates four types of liberty that can be found in the Exodus narrative, as well as a fifth form of freedom.

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 presents a new analysis of Shabbat and how it throws light on so much more in the Torah.

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.

Yosef Lindell tracks the Staff of Moses throughout its amazing "life".

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

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that we can best understand the Haggadah against the backdrop of Sefer Devarim.