Tanakh

Yisroel Ben-Porat analyzes a Midrash offering non-misogynistic takes on the original sin.

Building on ideas from Jacques Lacan and Rabbeinu Bahya ibn Pakuda, Zach Truboff offers an innovative psychological reading of the Cain and Abel story.

In many siddurim, Six Remembrances from biblical Jewish history are printed following the morning service. They do not appear chronologically, nor in their order of appearance in the Torah. This article suggests that their arrangement forms an arc emphasizing the importance of Jewish education.as a bridge to the future.

A call for a new Modern Orthodox Humash, and a history of the current ones, by Yosef Lindell.

The Talmud speaks of a mysterious passage on Bilam authored by Moses. What is it?

Miriam Gedwiser explores the raven's role in parashat Noah

Mitchell First reviews Yehuda Landy's Purim and the Persian Empire.

How can the mitzvot of Purim reveal the feminist ethics of the Megillah? Aton Holzer offers an enlightening new reading of the Megillah, suggesting that there is a profound connection between the text's structure and its ethics.

Malka Simkovich hunts for Jewish texts in some unlikely places.

Yom Kippur marks the end of an 11 week period when thematic haftarot about the destruction of the Temple, consolation following its loss, and repentance replace haftarot connected to the weekly Torah reading. What can this grouping teach us about the nature of forgiveness and reconciliation? Hannah Abrams explains.