Why was the Tabernacle

erected in the wilderness, a seemingly inopportune time and setting for such an

endeavor?

Mordechai was "great ... and accepted by most of his brethren." Why just most? Was it just "politics"?

How can we be free from our deep enmeshment with physicality and its trappings, and the “highs” we experience from it?

The Jewish people—men and women—defied every Greek law with enormous self-sacrifice, yet it was largely by and for the sake of Jewish women that the Maccabees were led to declare war . . .

Long ago the wealthy would be buried in expensive materials, and the poor were embarrassed.

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“You are young and agile; run after the thief and tell him that he can have the

ring as a gift.”

Eliezer, the faithful servant of Abraham, is mentioned by name only once in Scripture, but there is lots to know about him.

From the dawn of history, people have been searching

for a sense of joy, which is as elusive as it is desirable.

Unlike the other people in the waiting room, my husband was attentive to the woman’s plight.