Biblical Locations

Question: Why does G‑d permit the Ammonite and Moabite women to convert and marry Jewish men, while He does not permit male converts from these nations to marry Jewish women? Why are the men punished for all eternity, and the women go scot free? Answer: ...

“A river went out from Eden to water the garden.” Eden is a place of delight, far beyond the garden, beyond all created things. Yet its river nurtures all that grows in that garden. The garden is wisdom, understanding, knowing—where all of creation ...

Moses Flees Egypt, Moses in Midian

The First Man and Woman, G-d’s Blessing, The Garden of Eden, The Serpent, The First Commandment, The Plot, The First Sin, Their Excuse, The Punishment, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Moab was scared of Israel because he perceived that they were attached to a great ruler over the entire Creation.

Why does verse stress that only Balak "saw" the Jewish people's victories? Surely this would have been public knowledge to all the people of Mo'av?

Classic Questions Did the tribe of Levi have to fight? (v. 4) Rashi: [The words] "all the tribes" come to include the tribe of Levi. Rambam: Why did the tribe of Levi not merit a portion in the Land of Israel and its spoils, as their brothers did? ...

Ruth of biblical fame was originally a Moabite princess. She later converted to Judaism and was the ancestress of King David, and ultimately, the Messiah. The Torah is not a historical record; it only contains facts that teach us something. Indeed, the ...

Why do the rabbis add so many laws to the Torah? Isn't that what caused Adam and Eve to sin--the fact that Eve made unwarranted additions to G‑d's law?

Chassidut teaches us that inherent within the chaos is a grain of rectification from which spontaneous order can sprout. In a most wondrous, counterintuitive way, that grain of order is concealed within time itself. This was Meheitavel’s secret, and the ...