The concept of teshuvah, repentance, is a given in traditional Jewish circles: One who sins before God has the inalienable right to repent and to be absolved. Nevertheless, an analysis of the Torah indicates that such a theology might be absent from the text.
In this week’s portion, Ekev, Moses...read more
Al Kustanowitz is a marketing consultant in the computer and publishing industries. He is the Aba of three extremely talented children and the Saba of three brilliant (and cute) grandchildren. When he's not writing divrei Torah he is Blogger-in-Chief at Jewish Humor Central. Start every day with...
A professional translator, wife and mother of three, I more a self-educated than a formally educated Jew. Most of my divrei torah are given in Hebrew but when I have time I do translate some.