This week the professor continues his series on the prophets of ancient Israel. Last week we considered the foundational prophet Amos. This week, his near contemporary in the eighth century B.C., the ...

“Blow the great shofar for our ultimate redemption, and raise a banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four corners of the earth to our land. Blessed are You Hashem, who gathers ...

It is not every biblical book that opens with God commanding his prophet to go marry a prostitute. But this is exactly what the prophet Hosea is told to do at the outset of his biblical career. “The ...

In many ways, nations resemble people. Just like human beings, nations go through mood swings. Sometimes their populations are ecstatic, and at other times a psychological malaise hovers over the land ...

Hosea lived during the 8th century BCE, and prophesied for over 60 years. He was the last prophet of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called in his prophecies, “Ephraim.” Hosea the prophet lived during ...

For my 18th birthday, my best friend gave me a gift I treasure to this day — a paperback copy of Milton Steinberg’s “As a Driven Leaf.” I had just graduated from Yeshiva of Flatbush high school, where ...

“Brothers and sisters, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Let us therefore join our hearts together in prayer. . . .” With these words, I invite my ...