Mammals

Jacob is the rope of His inheritance (32:9) The relationship between a Jew and his G-d is like a rope: the more the Jew pulls away, the tauter the bond grows; finally, the mounting pressure causes him to rebound with an even greater force of attraction th...

Judaism has a very strange relationship with the pig. Technically, it is no less unkosher than any other non-kosher food. Yet, in Rabbinic literature and in the popular Jewish imagination, it has come to epitomize everything non-kosher. Even mentioning th...

"את הברכה אשר תשמעו" “The blessing: That you hearken.” (11:27) QUESTION: Rashi writes “Al menat asher tishme’u” — “on condition that you shall hearken.” What insight does Rashi add with this comment? ANSWER: Before entering Eretz Yisrael, the tribes of Re...