Trailblazing female rabbi presented with portrait
Rabbi Jackie Tabick was painted to mark almost 50 years since she graduated as the UK’s first female rabbi
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Intimidated by the Jerusalem Talmud? A publisher is offering a more 'accessible' translation – The Forward
The nonprofit Sefaria has released a new English translation online in hopes that more people will delve into the challenging text.
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The Bible Says What? 'Solomon was not just wise – he was also greedy'
2 shares Solomon was a bad king. We are so used to the image of Solomon as the paragon of wisdom and good leadership that many have not heard this version of events. But Solomon’s terrible kingship is the simplest reading of Torah. In fact, Solomon explicitly does everything a king is not supposed to do. The king, Deuteronomy tells us, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself and he had better not send people to Egypt to increase his number of horses. Solomon did exactly that. Not only did he amass hundreds of horses from Egypt, he sold them on to Israel’s sworn enemies, the H...
Source: timesofisrael.com