Sexuality

The Feast of Ingathering is “at the tzet (צֵאת) of the year” (Exod 23:16). This phrase is generally translated as “the end of the year,” but a closer look at the meaning of the Hebrew verb in biblical Hebrew suggests it may mean the beginning.

Why can’t a man remarry his wife once she has been married to someone else?

Finding Gender equality without compromising God and meaning in a sanctified collection of love poems.

The Torah (Leviticus 21) and Ezekiel (ch. 44, Haftarat Emor) regulate whom priests may marry. What rationale lies behind these laws? 

Who were these women and what were these mirrors used for? Reconstructing the narrative: the historical-critical method vs. midrash. 

And Moses’ Decision to Break the Tablets

Reading Shir HaShirim in Its Original Sense

What does Deuteronomy 22:5 prohibit and why?

In reference to the parturient, the Torah speaks of a 33 or 66 day period of דמי טהרה “blood of her purity” as distinguished from a 7 or 14 day period “like menstruation.” What is the difference between these two periods according to Leviticus and how did later groups such as rabbinic Jews, Karaites, Samaritans, and Beta Israel understand it?

A Surprising Look at Shabbat in the Second Temple Period