God, in a pique of anger, alters the builders' languages so that they cannot understand each other. In its original form, the story is an explanation of why not everyone speaks Hebrew, as well as ...

Tell us more about its importance. Cohen: One of the main ideas of the Hebrew Scriptures is that the people of Israel relate to God through a covenant. Now, this is a very remarkable idea ...

The Torah reveals an uplifting message from God: God will redeem the Hebrew slaves from their misery! But as Moses relays the miraculous news, the Hebrew slaves essentially ignore his announcement.

Jews believe God's day of rest was a Saturday. The services in the synagogue are led by a religious leader called a rabbi, which means ‘Teacher’ in Hebrew. These are the Torah scrolls being ...