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What’s In a House? (Shemot)

What’s In a House? (Shemot)

Feminist Reading, Midrash, Parshat HaShavuaPosted on December 24, 2021

As you may know, I love midrash. Midrash is a type of Jewish text that simultaneously pays close attention to…

Ibn Ezra: People or Possessions (Mattot)

Ibn Ezra: People or Possessions (Mattot)

Ibn EzraPosted on July 20, 2020

Ibn Ezra on “We will build here sheepfolds for our flocks and towns for our children” (Numbers 32:16). Do they care more about possessions or people?

Ibn Ezra: Spirit of Leadership (Pinchas)

Ibn Ezra: Spirit of Leadership (Pinchas)

Ibn EzraPosted on July 20, 2020

Moses asks God who the next leader will be, using an unusual name: “God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” (Numbers 27:16).

Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)

Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)

Ibn EzraPosted on July 4, 2020

In Emor, a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man blasphemes God and is then stoned to death. Why was he deemed a stranger? Could it have turned out differently?

Rashbam: Sins of the Satiated or Thirsty (Nitzavim)

Rashbam: Sins of the Satiated or Thirsty (Nitzavim)

RashbamPosted on September 22, 2019

Rashbam and Rashi take on the difficult phrase “to the utter ruin of the moist and dry alike” – satiated sinners or thirsty sinners, who is worse?

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