Reuven Chaim Klein

1 week ago | qoshe.com | Reuven Chaim Klein

1 week ago | jewishlink.news | Reuven Chaim Klein

Reviewing: “Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era” by Rabbi Gil Student. Kodesh Press. 342 pages. 2024. ISBN-13: 979-8888940266. In an era where ideological polarization often drowns out thoughtful discourse, Rabbi Gil Student’s “Articles of Faith” emerges as a beacon of intellectual integrity and nuanced traditionalism.

2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Reuven Chaim Klein

2 weeks ago | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Reuven Chaim Klein

The Torah commands that when a Jewish boy is born, he should be circumcised on the eighth day (Lev. 12:3). The verb used in that passage to denote “circumcising” the child is yimol, and similar words for the act of “circumcising” appear approximately 30 times in the Bible, mostly in the Books of Genesis (Gen. 17, 21:4, 34:15–22), Exodus (Ex. 12:48, 12:44), and Joshua (Josh. 5). Those words are derived from the root MEM-(VAV)-LAMMED, as is the word milah in the phrase Brit Milah.

2 weeks ago | jewishlink.news | Reuven Chaim Klein

Reviewing: “The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel—Exodus” Koren Publishers Jerusalem. 2020. 327 pages. ISBN-10: 965776033X. This beautifully produced volume features contributions from several scholars and is visually stunning. It includes high-quality graphics, maps and photographs of ancient inscriptions, artifacts and even medieval artwork. The typesetting is elegant, making it an attractive coffee-table book that draws in the reader.