The Condition of Being Most Beloved to God

Hebraic Literature (1901)Why a Pious Jew Does Not Wear Polished BootsIn the old generations, the Talmud remembers, a Jew would not wear black shoes (Taanit 22a). Even in later centuries, in the Jewish towns of Poland, a chasid, a

Hebraic Literature (1901)Akiva, the Oath, and the Mother in the MarketplaceA difficult case came before the elders. A young man was suspected of illegitimate birth, and the Rabbis disagreed about his status. Rabbi Yehoshua ruled that h

Hebraic Literature (1901)The Lost Scroll and the Found GarmentThe Rabbis of Bava Metzia 29b worked out what a person owes to what he finds. If you discover a lost scroll in the road, you have duties of preservation, not en

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisEven the Orphan Must Be Circumcised into the CovenantWhen the Lord lays down the sign of the covenant, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 17:10) catches a case the Hebrew leaves implicit. Every male among you shal

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusI Will Bring You Near to Be a People Before MeThe fifth and deepest verb of redemption arrives in the next verse. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan preserves it with covenantal precision: I will bring you nigh before

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusIsrael Encamped at Sinai as One Heart, One PeopleThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan marks the arrival at Sinai with three extraordinary words: "They had journeyed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, an

The Condition of Being Most Beloved to God

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