Flowing through desert sands, the river Hapi—the ancient Egyptian name for the Nile and its god—mysteriously overflowed each year, bringing fertility and life to Egypt’s people. The dependability of the Nile made Egypt a source of food during regional famines, though Deuteronomy reassures that Israel has YHWH to rely on for its rain.
Dr.
Flora Brooke Anthony
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The Torah’s adaptation of a polytheistic ancient West-Semitic custom of sacrificing to seventy gods.
Dr.
Noga Ayali-Darshan
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The Rabbis describe how the ritual of ניסוך המים (water libation), which they believed was to have occurred every Sukkot in the Temple, was a point of contention between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, but why was it so contentious and what was at stake in its performance?
Dr. Rabbi
Zev Farber
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