So off Mina went and purchased a chicken, a whole chicken, which she defeathered and koshered and then roasted – infusing it ...

It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's ...

Metamorphosis of an Author” at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

It seems like no coincidence, then, that we read Esther and Ruth at the beginning and end of this period in the year.

When you are in a place between life and death, you ask yourself, “What is the meaning and value of my life?” And you come to a clear realization - the entire value of my life lies in the fact tha ...

Similarly, in the Jewish Tanakh (Old Testament), God is portrayed as stern, forbidding, and distant, whereas in the New Testament, Jesus, the son of God, embodies kindness and compassion.

Note: The author of this article writes “G-d” with hyphenation to respect an interpretation of a Jewish rule about honoring the Holy One’s name. Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical ...

There aren’t any priestesses of black magic in the biblical version, for example; the scenes of voodoo-doll rituals feel far ...

The translation of the Old Testament into Koine Greek in the third century BC took place within a historical context that was important for the development of the “Tanakh,” or Hebrew Bible, and the ...