2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (661+ words) As we enter the Days of Awe, the sound filling our shuls this week will be the beloved, uplifting melody of Hayom Harat Olam, “Today is the birthday of the world.” It is a core part of our Rosh Hashanah…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (15+ words) How A Catholic Attorney on Rosh Hashanah Became ‘King of the Jews’ The Jewish Link...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (539+ words) I am continuing my column from last week, analyzing some of the material in Benjamin Noonan: “Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A Lexicon of Language Contact.” As I wrote last week, most of the words in Tanach are of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (633+ words) Reviewing: “The Heart of the Five Megillot,” by Rabbi Hayyim Angel. Independently published. July 2026. Paperback: 162 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8184265094. Rabbi Hayyim Angel has just come out with his 17th book, “The Heart of the Five Megillot.” The new publication consists of 15 articles on…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (993+ words) A few weeks ago, those studying Daf Yomi completed the masechet of Menachot and began Masechet Zevachim. Even so, it often feels as if we never left. The details and Temple services of flour offerings of Menachot are patterned after…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (600+ words) The Jewish Link Are Some Seminary Interviews Lifnei Iver? I am interviewing for seminary next year in Israel. During these interviews, some of the questions that are asked are of a nature that if I respond truthfully, they may not…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (235+ words) In Sefer Bereishit, Yaakov is promised his descendants “shall spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south” (Gen. 28:14). These directions are not only physical. East and west can be seen as a…...