Tanakh

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that the Megillah itself confronts the question of Purim's legitimacy.

Natan Oliff explores the evolving role of truth throughout Tanakh and later Jewish history.

Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader

As we prepare for Passover, enjoy these three poems by Bruce Black meditating on the past, present, and future of our Exodus.

Elinatan Kupferberg argues that the boundaries between Torah and Madda have blurred and evolved throughout Jewish intellectual history. This erudite analysis upends our assumptions about Torah u-Madda and breathtakingly reimagines its past, present, and future.

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

Gavriel Lakser argues that the first two chapter of Genesis give us different insights into the character of God. The first chapter shows us a transcendent and omnipotent God, while the second shows us a God much more imminent and concerned for the lives of the creation. These two aspects are complimentary and mutually deepens our understanding of the human-God relationship.

Nachum Krasnopolsky explains Rashbam's interpretation of the splitting of the sea as an educational experience.

Shlomo Zuckier on the mechanics of a midrashic motif.

Martin Lockshin reviews Daniel A. Klein’s translation of Samuel David Luzzatto’s commentary on the Book of Vayikra, the latest volume in Klein’s project to translate all of Shadal’s insightful and ever-interesting Torah commentary.