Yehuda (Judah) the fourth son is destined to become the primary tribe and the roots of that destiny begin with failure. Furthermore the word Yehudi or Jew has been a term describing all the people of ...

Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of the Hasmonean victory over the Syrian Greeks. What is forgotten is that their dynasty did not last. Why not? Ramban suggests that the disintegration of Hasmonean ...

One of the most fascinating historic and halakhic issues to come to life in our generation is the attempt to identify the lost ten tribes, descending from the Kingdom of Israel. Unity of the nation ...

The role of Yehuda (Judah) in the Yosef (Joseph) narrative reveals the story of a man who sinks to the lowest depths, and with strength, overcomes, rising to great ethical heights. Yehuda lost ...

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