Torah Reading Services include a supplemental scriptural read called the Haftarah. This canonized Extra-Pentateuchal reading was selected as it bared some relationship to the particular weekly or holiday Torah Portion. By Extra-Pentaeuchal, it means that the reading comes from other parts of the Hebrew Bible- either Prophets or Writings. Preliminary Notes With this being thisContinue reading “The Perfect Swear? Vayechi’s Haftarah Ten Commandments’ Moment”
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David (Wolpe) on David: Review & Critique
In those days there was no king in Israel, every man did what was right in his eyes Judges 17:6 There are two types of educational books. One can teach you on a foreign topic while the other can inspire you to think. David Wolpe’s David The Divided Heart is one of the latter. ItContinue reading “David (Wolpe) on David: Review & Critique”
The Ten Commandments Project 