The first grand-scale “redemption of the first-born sons” happens in Bamidbar, which means “In the wilderness.” Bamidbar is ...

The evolution of Hell was complex—from Hebrew Sheol’s shadowy stillness to Dante’s fiery abyss, which shaped Western views of ...

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.

This is a time of epic civilizational struggle along the lines of biblical proportion. Sarah and Yaron’s deaths represent the ...

They were spoken in preparation to answer a higher calling, no matter the challenge; words confirming the trials, adversity and duty that personify an attempt to exemplify moral ideals.The post ...

The National Library of Israel unveils several of the 12 Damascus Crowns in an event honoring Rabbi Abraham Hamra, the last ...

The Wall has grown in significance because it is all that remains of the Temple and because Jews were (and still are) denied the right to pray on the Temple Mount. The Kotel became precious because it ...

As the centuries pass, most important words change their meaning; adding new meanings to the old meanings, which are sometimes even lost. So Rabbi Judah said: If one translates a verse literally one ...

Jerusalem’s status remains a perennial source of international debate, but those who truly understand the historical and ...

Many Islamic traditions (Ahadith) say that Prophet Jesus, will return and will join forces with the Islamic messiah, the Mahdi, in a battle against a false messiah, the cruel one eyed Dajjal, called ...

Not ignorant tourists. Not biased foreign NGOs. Israelis. Editors who live in Jerusalem. Journalists whose grandparents ...

Honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Hamra, the chief rabbi of Syrian Jewry, the library unveiled several of the 12 fragile ...