Vayera – The prayer that saved the world

In last week’s column, we saw how a feature of Abraham’s life was his confusion about God’s plan. In this week’s Torah portion, Vayera, we encounter numerous examples of this phenomenon. One such episode is the narrative of Sodom and Gomorrah. God told Abraham that he planned to destroy these wicked cities, followed by the […]

Can Mathematics Reveal The Divine Origin of Torah?

Although he is a self-described non-observant Jew, the mathematical analyses of Scripture conducted by engineering professor and researcher Dr. Haim Shore reveals an intelligent elegance toward the Hebrew Bible that may surprise you.