More midrash on the Akeidah, including what Avraham told Sarah about his plans. First, a short one: "v'ha'aleihu sham l'olah 'al achad heharim" - amar l'fanav: 'al eizeh har? "And raise him up there as a burnt offfering upon one [of] the mountains" - he said before him: upon which mountain? amar lo ...

I touched on the modern kvetch on it in the previous post, how some are interpreting one sentence from this cryptic work to mean that an earthquake will destroy the Statue of Liberty (the idol of Rhodes) in preparation for mashiach's arrival. Here, a little bit of the history of authorship and backg...

by Michael Hoffman Copyright ©2009 All Rights Reserved Hoffman is the author of Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit End notes are in brackets, thus: [ 0 ] This is a continuation of our previous article, " The Talmud is God Itsel...

Once again, the same Anonymous commenter points me to a fascinating source. (I still want to really address the malach by the burning bush, but will have to return to it later.) In a recent comment, he writes: Are or did you ever do a Piece on the Controversial Piece of Torah Temimah on Makkos Chose...

Al derech hateva, how long can a donkey live? According to this source: Donkeys often live for twenty-five years or more. Some have been recorded as living to the ripe old age of sixty, although a forty-year-old donkey is considered to be elderly.Now consider the following Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer (p...

In a discussion (on an earlier post) with Anonymous, something interesting arose. Various legends found in Sefer HaYashar find parallel in Muslim legends and in the Koran. Thus, Zuleika is the wife of Potiphar, and so is it is Muslim tradition. And also many details of the Yosef and Eshes Potifar st...

I saw this item:- Police restrict Friday Muslim prayers on Temple Mount Jerusalem police announced late Thursday that they will be imposing restrictions on Muslim entrance to the Temple Mount on Friday due to skirmishes and protests over the eviction of Jews from a disputed property in Hebron. All A...

Another interesting Rabbenu Bachya on this week's parsha (Toledot) is what he says on �ֵ� יעקב ועשו. On Bereishit 28:5: ה וַיִּש�ְלַח יִצְחָק �ֶת-יַעֲקֹב, וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָה �ֲרָ�--�ֶל-לָבָן בֶּן-בְּתוּ�ֵל, הָ�ֲ...

In the comment section of a previous post, an Anonymous commenter writes: Lets throw in a parsha trivia question what is Lot wifes name (the salt lady)?It is a nice question, and I will admit up front that I did not know this bit of trivia. But I think there are some related, though better and more ...

I was looking through Baal HaTurim on JNUL, and decided to check out Vayeshev. I can across a text towards the beginning of Vayeshev that is crossed out. It is pictured to the right. This text is available at JNUL, in this Baal HaTurim, page 7. According to JNUL, this is from ויניצי×�×” : (ד×...