From Ben Zion Katz of Chicago comes this email: “The noted Italian rabbi Leon de Modena (1571-1648) accomplished a linguistic tour de force by writing an octet, entitled Kina Sh’mor, that made sense ...

There are many contradictions within the Torah (the 5 Books of Moses), the Hebrew Bible and the Talmudic literature. In the continuation, I will give only one example of contradiction – of what in my ...

In this study of the forms of Hebrew poetry, Benjamin Harshav examines Hebrew verse during three millennia of changing historical and cultural contexts. He explores the world of the Jewish Diaspora, ...

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was ...

An astonishing revision of the prevailing critical analysis of the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, based on newly discovered materials Yehuda Amichai is one of the twentieth century’s (and Israel’s) leading ...

The Hebrew verse that was posted on Sunday is a passage from Proverbs, translated as, "How much better to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is preferable to silver (16:16). Musk's ...

Miriam Harary used to scour New York City bookstores in search of Hebrew textbooks for her students at Hillel High School in Ocean, N.J.Until recently, Hebrew language instruction at Hillel, like ...