Parashat Shemot, which opens the second book ... For seven days, as Rashi (the great biblical commentator, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki) explains, Moses argued with God, trying to avoid the mission.

Rashi, whose name is formed from the Hebrew initials of his full name, Rabbi Solomon bar Isaac, is the subject of many legends. There are also throughout Europe thousands of families claiming ...

Of all the vessels in the Mikdash, the kiyor is something of a conundrum. Is it one of the main vessels in the Mikdash, like the Menorah, Shulchan, etc., or not?