A recent collection of one-liners and witticisms entitled 1,003 Great Things 麻豆原创 Being Jewishcontains a section called 鈥淲hat Passersby Said 麻豆原创 the Burning Bush.鈥�

Jealousy As a Test of Virtue

Dec 14, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Vayiggash

Gifts can make you crazy. Picking them is hard, and so is accepting them with grace.

Joseph the Righteous One

Dec 1, 2007 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Vayeshev

I have always been deeply curious as to why鈥攐f all the characters in the Torah鈥攖he Rabbis attributed to Joseph the appellation, 鈥�丑补-罢锄补诲颈办鈥�&苍产蝉辫;(the righteous).

Jacob’s Struggle Is Our Struggle

Nov 24, 2007 By Marc Wolf | Commentary | Vayishlah

鈥淚n olden times when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which was seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face.鈥�

Blessings From a Deathbed

Nov 22, 2007 By Charles Savenor | Commentary | Vayehi

Laying on his deathbed, Jacob beckons for his grandchildren, Ephraim and Manasseh.

Why Are We Called the People of Israel?

Nov 17, 2007 By Edward Feld | Commentary | Vayetzei

We are called not the People Abraham, nor the People Isaac, rather we are called the People Israel, named for the third of the patriarchal family, Jacob.

Poor Isaac

Nov 7, 2007 By David M. Ackerman | Commentary | Toledot

Poor Isaac; wedged between “exemplary” Abraham and “vivid” Jacob, he exhibits very little personality of his own.

The Wisdom of the Wilderness

Nov 3, 2007 By Lisa Gelber | Commentary | Hayyei Sarah

When I lived in Seattle, I set aside one day each summer to visit Mount Rainier National Park and hike some trails there.

Subverting Abraham As a Knight of Faith

Oct 26, 2007 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Vayera

In a world in which so much violence and pain are caused in the name of religion, how can we read the story of 鈥渢he Binding of Isaac鈥� as anything but what Phyllis Trible would call a 鈥渢ext of terror鈥�?

Why the Jews?

Oct 21, 2007 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Noah

Why did the Creator of all humanity decide upon the surprising step of establishing a special relationship with one small segment of humanity?

The Many Qualities of Abram

Oct 12, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Lekh Lekha

Abram in the light; Abram in the dark. Abram with men at war; Abram with women at war.

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