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Why Does the Torah Tell Us Nothing About Abraham?
Before God speaks to Noach, the Torah tells us he was righteous. About Abraham, who receives the most important call in the history of faith, it says nothing: not who he was, not…
Filosofía e ideas judías
Yitro
Was the Free Society Really Born in Athens?
Ask where the free society began and most histories will point you to Athens. Yet long before the Greeks, a people stood at the foot of a mountain, and three things happened…
Vaera
If God Strengthened Pharaoh's Heart, Why Was Pharaoh Punished?
From the sixth plague on, the Torah tells us that it was God who strengthened Pharaoh's heart. But if Pharaoh had no freedom to choose, how could he carry any blame, and what…