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A great dialectic defines the very essence of man who is, on the one hand, physical, made of the “dust of the earth”; yet, on the other hand, spiritual, imbued with the “breath of God”. How is man, ...

The story of his life up until the moment God tells Abraham to leave is tantalizingly elusive. This is why the midrash there plays such a central role in answering: Why was he chosen? In a famous ...

When teaching midrash, I enjoy showing how paintings are just as much midrash as classical rabbinical texts. A Renaissance painter, Bacchiacca (1494-1557), depicted Eve lovingly holding Abel aloft, ...

Dr. Abraham I. Katsh, director of the Institute of Hebrew Studies at New York University, has received the first annual $500 Shneider-man Literary Prize presented by the Moriah Publishing Society for ...