Faith in God – Emunah Between doubt and certainty

Faith in God – Emunah Between doubt and certainty

Emouna beyond doubt: Transforming vertigo into certainty Have you ever felt that moment of vertigo? That moment when certainties waver, when one wonders if the Creator is truly there, at our side? A frantic mother once came to see a Sage. Her son, she said, had...
from hospitality to slavery

from hospitality to slavery

Analysis of the Midrash: Memory, Power, and Identity   A Political and Secular Reading of Oppression in Egypt   Introduction The text of the Midrash Exodus Rabbah (Chapter 1-7) offers a complex exegesis of the verse from Exodus (1:8): “A new king arose over Egypt, who...
A comparative reading of the biblical narrative and the Quran

A comparative reading of the biblical narrative and the Quran

A comparative reading of the biblical narrative and the Quran Midrashic References וַיְהִי בַדֶּרֶךְ בַּמָּלוֹן (שמות ד, כד). אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲלַפְתָּא: חַס וְשָׁלוֹם שֶׁמֹּשֶׁה נִתְרַשֵּׁל בַּמִּילָה, אֶלָּא כָּךְ אָמַר: אָמוּל וְאֵצֵא לַדֶּרֶךְ סַכָּנָה...