Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.

Join Rabbi Fohrman for an unprecedented exploration into one of the Torah's most profound mysteries: The interplay between the divine names Elohim and Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh.

Judaism’s most fundamental tenet is monotheism – the notion that there is but one God in this universe of ours. And yet, the Torah refers to God, seemingly haphazardly, using more than one name. Who is this deity, Elokim or YHVH? Why be so confusing about it?

Biblical critics say this is evidence that the Torah is a composite work, written by authors with competing agendas. But Rabbi Fohrman has a hunch that something else is afoot. The Torah is a unified document, and it deploys the names of God strategically and deliberately – as a storytelling technique. It intentionally uses the tension between these two names to create a beautiful, and achingly meaningful, hidden story. More than anything else, it is a story about God seeking to be understood by His children, humanity. For all God’s seemingly unlimited power, this is, as it turns out, no small task.

Where is this story to be found? It dances just under the surface of the text, in many of the episodes we know all too well. In this course, Rabbi Fohrman will try and trace its outline as this story wends its way through three pivotal episodes: the Flood, the destruction of Sodom, and the Exodus from Egypt.