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The Giant and the Ants
Jul 24, 2015 By Raysh Weiss | Commentary | Devarim
As literary critic Erich Auerbach highlights in “Odysseus’ Scar,” the opening chapter of his monumental work of literary criticism, Mimesis, the Bible favors a comparatively terse literary style, presenting even heightened emotional episodes in verb-heavy narrative, largely bereft of extensive dialogue or literary embellishments. Accordingly, those rare instances in which the Torah elaborates in its description of people, places, or events should command our attention as both unusual and worthy of further consideration.
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Biblical Waterboarding
May 29, 2015 By Raysh Weiss | Commentary | Naso
A representation of the sotah (suspected adulteress) ritual from this week’s parashah (Num. 5:11–31).
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