For many people, their only exposure to the five megillot (Esther, Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes) are during the times they are read in the synagogue. In Textual Tapestries ...

THE WOMEN'S HAFTARAH COMMENTARY: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot, . . Jewish Lights, $39.95 (544pp) ISBN 978-1-58023-133-6 ...

It has taken me a long time to come to this conclusion but Ruth is truly the perfect fit for Shavuot. When I was younger, the Book of Ruth puzzled me. Among the five Megillot, the others made ...

Dr. Gabriel H. Cohn is an educator and biblical scholar at Bar Ilan University, specializing in literary exegesis of the Bible and the study of midrashic commentaries. He is a leading disciple of ...