[S&W, p. OT 432] By the time of Christ, all Jews accepted the five Books of Moses - the Torah - as Scripture; however, Books, like Esther and Ecclesiastes, were debated. From the Dead Sea Scrolls ...

As a school child, I hated dikduk – biblical grammar.

While being lax about preparation could reflect a lack of respect for the forum and a disdain for the audience, we can also ...

In the case of the Torah (also called the Pentateuch), the order of the books is clear, since its five books were traditionally copied onto a single scroll. However, regarding the rest of the Old ...

“The Torah isn’t just for religious Jews,” she said. “It belongs to all of us.” Moishele Alfonso is a Yiddish instructor at the Yiddish Book Center, YIVO and other institutions. His ...