Shabbat and the Noahide, part VII: Sforno on Exodus 16:29

“Shabbat is not merely a commandment; it is a gift that was not given to anyone else.”

How will the Jews be saved?

Are we in need of a savior for the forgiveness of our sins?

Does God Eat?

“Without this, God would disengage His essence from the universe, and at once it would revert completely to absolute nothingness…”

Prayer shouldn’t be a shopping list

The right and wrong way to pray.

Hannah’s Song, rendered into rhyming English

“The one who had no children will give birth to seven sons / While she with many children will mourn every one.”

Bible Study: Jeremiah 3

“I said, ‘Return to Me!’ but she did not return.”

Saving the World, part IV

II Kings 2:8: “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!” Targum: “My master, my master (‘Rabbi, Rabbi’), whose prayers are more beneficial to Israel than chariots and horsemen!”