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What does Nechama Liebowitz say:
JTW Staff said on 9/8/2010
Use the guiding questions of Nechama Leibowitz to help wrap your head around the story of Hagar and Ishmael and what this tale has to do wit...
Ishmael Hagar Nechama Liebowitz Lookstein Center contemporary commentaries Rosh Hashana
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The Akeda
JTW Staff said on 9/8/2010
If I were to count down the greatest hits of the Jewish Bible, I believe that the story of the binding of Isaac would be number 1! Not only ...
Nechama Liebowitz Abraham Rosh Hashana Akeda Isaac Bible Greatest Hits
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Torah Portion for Rosh Hashana (day 1)
JTW Staff said on 9/8/2010
The Torah portion read during the first day of Rosh HaShana starts here. If you're looking for a breakdown of the Aliyot, or what the readi...
Rosh Hashana special Torah readings
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Kosher Mother's Milk
JTW Staff said on 8/10/2010
There is Midrash that says that baby Moses only would take the breast of a Jewish women and refused to suckle from gentile nursemaids. "S...
Midrash- Classical Rabbinic midrash Moses suckling nursemaid Jocheved
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Song of the Sea
JTW Staff said on 8/10/2010
Also known as "Shirat haYam" in Hebrew. Here's a link to iTunes versions of the song
Song of the Sea Shirat haYam ancient poetry music
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The Kehillah Waits
JTW Staff said on 8/10/2010
Even though Miriam affronted G-d with her gossiping about Moses and was stricken with "scales" (IE Leprosy or something else?) the community...
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Check out the G-dcast
JTW Staff said on 8/9/2010
Parshat Shoftim from G-dcast.comMore Torah cartoons at www.g-dcast.com G-dcast
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Images of the Temple's Destruction
JTW Staff said on 8/9/2010
Is the Temple a touch stone of safety for the Israelites? Why mention the bad stuff when inaugurating a new Temple Here's an image that i...
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Not a Babylonian Month
JTW Staff said on 8/10/2010
Here is an example of a Canaanite month being mentioned in the Tanakh and not the Babylonian version which would be Tishrei.
measurements of time biblical discrepencies Canaanite MorehLMorim
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A Lightning Rod Verse
JTW Staff said on 8/9/2010
Rashi and other commentators go crazy trying to interpret this verse. Is this verse talking about Noah or all the people in his generation?...
rashi noah translation differences relationship of individual and community
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The Foundation of Law
JTW Staff said on 8/9/2010
Scholar Michael Fishbane called this the: "Tridietum" IE scripture is in a constant process of reflecting upon itself. Here we see the b...
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An Interfaith Dialogue about Sexuality and Identity
JTW Staff said on 8/6/2010
Here's an interesting conversation between a Jewish scholar and a Christian scholar about sex and the Bible. Fascinating stuff: Tal...
Gender in NJPS video blogs interfaith sexuality
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Biblical reference to the 9th of AV
JTW Staff said on 7/20/2010
Here we find rabbinic grounds for the observation of Tisha B'Av.
Tisha BAv destruction of Temple
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Whoa!? Cannibalism!
JTW Staff said on 7/19/2010
This is the second example in Lamentations of mothers eating their babies. Is their a more vile description in the Tanakh? What is this sup...
Tisha BAv cannibalism metaphors
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Fear Mongering
JTW Staff said on 7/19/2010
How much easier is it to inspire fear rather than hope? Eight "spies" were able to spook a small nation ... rattle their faith ... and royal...
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The Vindicated Minority
JTW Staff said on 7/19/2010
Joshua and Caleb were the only spies to come back with a positive report, and were thus spared by God. This is a great example of how the mi...
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