Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash ...

Ruth’s story is not about conversion as a moment. It is about covenant as a life. Her geirus is not described as a ceremony.

Havdalah: 6:03 p.m.. The Covenant between God and Abraham was the National Covenant, a Divine agreement that Abraham’s seed will be eternal, that his descendants will inherit the Land of Israel, and ...

The Torah potion of Behar begins with a seemingly benign introduction (Vayikra 25:1): “And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,” What could be the possible problem with this verse? The ...

The night study is meant to recreate the preparations for the revelation at Mount Sinai when the covenant between God and the nation was made and the Torah was given This Saturday night, the Jewish ...

While there is unanimity among Jewish religious thinkers that the primary covenant, Brit Sinai, took place at Sinai, there is disagreement about its precursor. In his Kol Dodi Dofek, Rabbi Yosef Dov ...

We can agree on many things when it comes to the holiday of Shavuot: Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi in the former’s eponymous book is profoundly inspiring. The rabbinic intern who gives the 3:30 a.m. lecture ...

This article looks at the second covenant, given by God at Mount Sinai and reinforcing the covenant that God had given to Abraham. The covenant that God gave at Mount Sinai reinforced the covenant ...

We read in Parashat Mishpatim this past Shabbt, of the Covenant that Hashem sealed with Bnei Israel, at Har Sinai:(24:3-8)’Moshe told the people all the words of Hashem..and the entire people ...

The covenant that God gave at Mount Sinai reinforced the covenant that God had given to Abraham, and told the Jews what they would have to do as their side of the covenant. God again promised to stay ...