by Tuly | f 1, 2021 | Bereishit, Bible Study
The Israel Bible contains hundreds of important study notes that highlight the importance of the Land and People of Israel throughout Tanakh, and it’s impossible to pick my favorite. However, when anyone asks me what makes our commentary unique, I always share our...
by Tuly | f 1, 2021 | Bereishit, Videos
In our series “Israel in the Parsha”, Rabbi Moshe Lichtman launches into the first Torah portion, “Bereishit” from the first few chapters of Genesis. In this video, you will learn the important lesson from the very first Rashi on the very first...
by Tuly | f 30, 2021 | Bereishit, Videos
Rabbi Akiva Gersh, a musician and educator in Israel, presents a unique perspective on Jewish music in the Book of Genesis, as part of a course for The Israel Bible Academy, recorded in October 2020. Did you know that the Hebrew word “Shir” appears in the...
by Tuly | f 30, 2021 | Bereishit, Videos
Emily Shapiro Katz, an artist and educator in Israel, presents a unique perspective on the seven days of creation in Jewish art, as part of a course for The Israel Bible Academy, recorded in October 2020. She presents artwork from the medieval and modern period in a...
by Admin | f 1, 2016 | Bereishit, Bible Study
After a devastating period of Arab violence in Mandatory Palestine, the British conducted the Peel Commission in 1937 to determine how best to divide Eretz Yisrael between the Jews and Arabs. It was the Peel Commission where they first recommended dividing the land...
by Tuly Weisz | f 15, 2015 | Bereishit
An amazing reason for Jews and non Jews to study Hebrew emerges from the lesson of the Tower of Babel found in this week’s Torah Portion. “The whole earth was of one language and one common purpose… And they said, ‘Come, let us build us a city, and a tower...