The most important sefer Torah in the world
How a sefer Torah dedicated to the memory of Shira Banki arrived at the doorstep of an Ethiopian synagogue housed in a bomb shelter on the periphery of Jerusalem
Aleppo Codex recognized by UNESCO as world treasure
The 1,000-year-old manuscript is believed to be the world’s oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible
New Steinsaltz book offer homilies on weekly parshahs
Israel’s Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz publishs a new, handsome edition of the Talmud
Rabbi seeks owner of Torah crowns he found on bus
Rabbi Hartley Perlmutter was surprised recently when he found rimonim, Torah crowns, on a TTC bus
BACKSTORY: Symbolic language key to opening the vault of meaning
You cannot simply “read” Jewish source texts: in order to understand them, you need to know how to interpret their unique language
Early marriages seen in talmudic times, expert says
Marrying off young girls occurred among Jewish families in the mishnaic and talmudic periods, says Tirzah Meacham, associate professor of near and Middle Eastern civilizations at the University of Toronto
Women are central characters in book on Bible stories
After Abel and Other Stories always has a biblical woman at its centre
Can non-Jews achieve eternal bliss?
A discussion of the philosophies of Moses Mendelssohn and Maimonides
