Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri interpreted Isaiah and got it wrong. Deri says that he sees a prophecy of Isaiah coming to fruition in the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. Just compare, he says, the ...

Hello! I had decided during the month of September that I would share with you some of my favorite bible verses. I am finding it difficult to narrow them down for you. I have one in mind as I type ...

However, Isaiah does not ignore the pain he foresaw that would precede our national renewal. “‘For a brief moment have I forsaken you, but with great mercies will I gather you in,’ says the Lord” ...

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Haftarat Noah reminds us of a relatively unattractive aspect of the Haftarah cycle: whoever redacted particular prophetic writings could have done a better job. Later in the cycle, we find the precise ...