(Genesis 22:16-18 & Qur’an 4:163) The great French medieval commentator Rashi notes that earlier rabbinic commentary states that one of the two young men who accompanied Abraham and Isaac was ...

The Egyptians sought not merely to enslave, but also to put an end to, the people of Israel. One way of doing so was to kill all male children. Another was simply to interrupt normal family life.

Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

According to Chabad.org, Dvar Malchut contains 250 pages of Torah commentary from the Rambam, Rashi, and other scholars, as well as a maamar from Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Rebbe. Omer had a ...

In the introduction to Imrei Shefer, Rabbi Isaac addresses this imposter work, which had been printed a few years prior in Venice in 1593. Rabbi Isaac was quick to clarify that it was a forgery – on ...

NEW DELHI: At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and deepening global fragmentation, the Ukraine war has proved particularly divisive. From the start, the battle lines were clearly drawn ...

Anuradha is classified as Mandaksha Nakshatra. For nakshatras under Mandaksha Nakshatra, the lost articles are taken towards South side and are got back soon with somewhat more efforts. The Nakshatras ...

I was recently removed from an academic listserv for expressing my concerns about the administration of Donald Trump. This type of self-censorship permeating across sectors, including academia, is a ...

Or, was it truly holy? In his Torah commentary called Meshekh Chokhma, the great scholar Rabbi Meir Simcha HaCohen of Dvinsk (Lithuania, 1843-1926) offers a profound explanation. He suggests ...

For marriage alliance, the Hindus practice 'star matching' or 'nakshatra porutham'. It is an essential pre-requisite for a marriage alliance where nakshatra and rasi porutham of both the boy and the ...