Guest Columnists

What right did Chanah have to so rigidly determine her son’s destiny?

While there are exceptions to the rule, when motivation to change stems merely from wanting to avoid a bad outcome, rather than obtaining a good result, the change is usually temporary.

The sotah ritual concerned a wife whose husband suspected her of adultery and would have her drink special “bitter” water in the Holy Temple complex.

Confession, as of contrition and repentance, is not always sincere. But even the most insincere confession retains a special power to put one on the right track.

If G‑d created Sunday, and then Monday, and then Tuesday, they must be different from one another.