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I heard from the venerable rabbinic scholar, R. Nahman, an interpretation of the words of [the Besht] that one should intend in every word that he utters submissiveness…
And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojourning, in the land of Canaan (Genesis 37:1): In that part of the land of Canaan where his father had lived, similar to the verse: [To Mamre, to Kiryat…
“R. Isaac said, etc.” In Genesis Rabbah it says: “Even though there is not a single superfluous narrative in the Torah—not even ‘the sister of Lotan was Timna’”—for it says in Sanhedrin Chapter ḥelek…
The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you. A place that demands being…
Most simply described, Bibliodrama is a form of role-playing in which the roles played are taken from biblical texts. The roles may be those of characters who appear in the Bible…
What is the testimony that proves my guilt? The punishment itself. Although Naomi says that she must have been guilty, it’s as if she doesn’t really know what she is guilty of. It’s only when things…
The Book of Leviticus is not terribly popular among American Jews of my acquaintance. […] Leviticus seems so repetitive, so anachronistic. […] [The] book is in many…
The present commentary on Leviticus is based on my lectures on Leviticus given at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin in 1873/4 and 1876/7. This fact explains the approach and the economy of my…
I have observed that on account of our many sins these days, very many Jews have…
Through narrative, poetry, law, and prayer, the Bible conditions its readers to feel reverence for nature, enjoins restraint in the exploitation of natural resources for human needs, elicits awe in…