Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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How can the numbers in the census in Bemidbar be identical to the numbers at the end of Shemot? And why is there a need for another census seven months...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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The lashes is the focal point of a discussion regarding the difference between Peshat and Derash. According to the text - one who sins receives lashes,...
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
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Bnei Yisrael were unprepared for their redemption from Egypt, and God places them in various situations of peril, encouraging Bnei Yisrael to raise their...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Why does the Torah repeat the requirement to distance the nation from the mountain? Is this the first arrival of Bnei Yisrael at Sinai, or had they been...
A Harmonious Story, Part II
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Ruth’s decision to accompany Naomi to Bethlehem does not produce the expected negative results. Ruth's determined kindness devotion to Naomi ultimately...
A Harmonious Story, Part I
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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The structure of Ruth is a chiastic one. Repetition of key words and phrases is one of many linguistic techniques used. Boaz and Ruth's shared trait of...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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In Ruth and Naomi's struggle for food and progeny, God gives both through his agent Boaz. The story is filled throughout with blessings symbolizing the...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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Elimelekh's abandonment of his personal and national house and Ruth and Naomi's homelessness come full circle with Ruth entering Boaz's house. In the book...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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The Go'el refuses to redeem, leading to his abrupt removal from the story. The term Go'el now refers to Boaz. The use of the term "kana" in relation to...
Dr. Yael Ziegler
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The significance of the Narrator's parenthetical remark is examined. The removal of the shoe might be an act of property transaction, symbolic of a...
