From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: We Are the Tree (?)
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In discussions about Jewish attitudes toward nature, the most widely quoted biblical text is probably a passage in Deuteronomy that…
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From the sources by Eliezer Segal: A problematic priest
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In his concluding message to Israel, as told in the penultimate chapter of the Torah, Moses addressed each of the…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: A Celebration for the Nations
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Several decades ago, a distinguished looking gentleman in a Christian clerical collar used to show up annually at our synagogue…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Two-faced Titus
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Titus, the general (later, Emperor) who commanded the Roman forces in the Great Jewish Rebellion, was invariably designated in rabbinic…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: The Mother Tongue
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In 1845, the eminent scholar Abraham Geiger published a pioneering grammar of the Hebrew of the Mishnah. His analysis supported…