Post Biblical Leprosy and the Power of Words The portion of the Bible, Tazria deals primarily with the ritual impurity of one who is afflicted with tzaraat, the Biblical skin ailment usually translated as “leprosy.” This leprosy is… Read More
Post My Unconventional Hebrew Name My great-grandparents, Moshe and Kayla (Morris and Katy) Tanenbaum, for whom I am named, came from religious families in Ukraine and tried to preserve their Jewish life even in the… Read More
Post The Sacred Duty of Caring for the Ill The most wonderful thing happened to me this morning. My wife got sick. I don’t mean to say that it is wonderful that my wife got sick. What I mean… Read More
Post It’s Never Wrong To Do the Right Thing There are few commandments in the Torah that seem as violent and as ruthless as the rules that are set out for dealing with a city that has been led… Read More
Post Interest Free Loans: A Family Matter Leviticus instructs the Children of Israel regarding how to deal with money matters, and one of the clearest and unequivocal prohibitions is usury: If your kinsman, being in straits, comes… Read More
Post Song of the Sea After the Children of Israel passed through the Reed Sea, God closed the waters, wiping out the Egyptian army that was chasing them. The Hebrews celebrated by singing two songs;… Read More
Post Sheol: The Grave or so Much More? The meeting between Joseph and Judah was fraught with import for all present, but also impacted the house of Jacob and all the future generations of Israel to come. But… Read More
Post Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life) by Safam Lyrics taken from Proverbs 3:17-18, and Lamentations 5:21… Read More
