Hamas and Islamic Jihad Are Coordinating a Terror War
Here’s how Israel can stop it.
April 11, 2022
Why Invite the Hungry to the Seder after It Has Already Begun?
From opening the door to the poor to opening it to Elijah.
While most of the Haggadah is written in the Hebrew used in Judea around the 2nd century CE, one passage, recited shortly after the seder commences, stands out for being in Aramaic. It begins: “This is the bread of poverty that our forefathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let whoever is hungry come and eat; let whoever is needy come and celebrate the Passover.” Simcha Gross points to the incongruities of this declaration, which troubled medieval readers as well as modern ones:
April 11, 2022
Iran Is Stalling as It Awaits Further Nuclear Concessions from the West
The current U.S. policy is “one step forward, four steps back.”
The Orthodox Case for Changing the Way the Israeli Rabbinate Handles Conversions
“Checklists are for driving licenses, not for religious courts.”
Why Invite the Hungry to the Seder after It Has Already Begun?
From opening the door to the poor to opening it to Elijah.
Ancient Israelites Flavored Their Wine with Vanilla
From the cellars of one of Judea’s last kings.