Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth…(Genesis 28:14). The ancient Aramaic translation of Onkelos adjusts this straightforward

And there was a famine in the land besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham, and

And Abraham said to his servant, elder of his household, who ruled over all things that were his, “Put your

On the day of the Binding of Isaac, we are told: And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled

And the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your land and your birthplace and your father’s house to the

And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives came into the ark…of the clean animals and

When God began to create heaven and earth, and the earth then was welter and waste and darkness over the

Ecclesiastes directly touches our deepest questions about purpose, meaning, love, work, life and death. A recent study argues that the

This year, the first day of Sukkot coincides with Shabbat. Two commandments animate the festival of Sukkot – living in

Maimonides opens the Laws of Repentance as follows: If a person transgresses any of the mitzvot of the Torah, whether

It is not in the heavens…And it is not beyond the sea…But the word is very close to you…Rashi suggests

And all these curses will come upon you… Inasmuch as you will not have served the LORD your God in

When you lend money to someone, don’t enter their house to collect the collateral. You must remain outside, while the

The king is instructed not to get for himself too many horses, too many wives, or too much wealth: Only

In 1578, a plague forced Rabbi Hayim ben Bezalel of Friedburg into isolation. Unable to focus on legalistic study, he

And the LORD was greatly enough incensed with Aaron to destroy him, and I (Moses) interceded on behalf of Aaron,

God instructs the prophets: Comfort, O comfort My people, says your God. Telling them: Speak to the heart of Jerusalem

The Book of Deuteronomy consists of a lengthy speech Moses delivers before he dies. Across the Jordan in the land

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its surrounding villages and he called it Nobah, in his name. The Bible

Mahlah, Noa,Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah... stood before Moses…saying, “Our father died…and he was not part of the community…of Korah, for

The Book of Isaiah tells of the angels who cry out: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth

When Korach challenged the leadership and positions of Moses and Aaron, Moses offered them a test: Take your fire-pans, Korah

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Send you men, that they scout the land of Canaan which I am

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Make you two silver trumpets…and they shall serve you for calling the community

After telling us that the chiefs of the twelve tribes each offered a silver bowl and basin and golden ladle