SHS 2011 (1)

G‑d gives the Jewish people their first mitzvah: “sanctifying the month”—to establish the calendar based on the lunar cycle.

The catalyst for any awakening is action. Transformation begins as soon as we are ready to take the first step in the right direction.

A candid discussion with Professor Lawrence Schiffman about the Qumran scrolls.

Was the Passover offering that we used to eat a lamb or a kid goat?

I always get conflicting answers regarding the theory of evolution and Judaism. Could you clarify?

I tried, like always, to make eye contact with those in front of me. The problem, however, was that there was not a single person looking at me.

It’s not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my studies to go there.

"But I have nothing to wear," she says... and she has 78 outfits hanging in the wardrobe right in front of her!

An enigma among human rituals: Black leather boxes containing parchment scrolls inscribed in meticulous accordance with the criteria of an ageless scribal art. Not to be read, but to be worn . . .

In addition to his laptop, Rosen’s body language, facial expressions, personality, emotions help him convey messages.