Rabbi Paul F. Cohen, D.Min., D.D. is Senior Rabbi of Temple Jeremiah in Northfield. Shavuot is the festival that celebrates the giving and the receiving of Torah. The theological pillar of the ...
In an era when AI is opening new questions about the ownership of texts, the Torah stands apart, writes the chief learning officer at Sefaria. Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and ...
Parshat Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:22; Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6. The verses immediately preceding the Decalogue Revelation at Sinai are curious, to say the least. God and Moses enter a dialogue that appears ...
Warning: There will be a homework assignment at the end of this teaching. This Torah portion, Ba-Midbar (In the Desert) begins what in English is called “The Book of Numbers.” For many people, this ...