So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.

Their father Jacob lived in fear of his twin. For them, the Jewish covenant wasn’t rooted in family — it was about committing to God’s mission. Anyone unwilling to accept the covenant was ...

The word covenant means agreement, such as a contract between two people. Many Jews see their relationship with God as a covenant, or an agreement. The belief is that God asks them to do certain ...

I would like to explore of some of these issues further and perhaps raise some questions of my own. At the same time, I am concerned that stressing the multiplicity of the concept of covenant in ...

The Ten Commandments contain important guidance on how to have a good relationship with God and how to create a peaceful society with other people.

On August 12, 2002, the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Council of Synagogues USA issued a truly remarkable ...

The covenant is established through both aspects—the "big" revelations and the "small" laws—together leading to spiritual ...

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

This is really a remarkable idea. "The Exile from Judah to Babylon was a major moment in the emergence of the Jewish religion." Q: One sign of the covenant is circumcision, right? Where does this ...

When we engage with sacred texts, we do not recite: we chant. Every text and every time has, in Judaism, its own specific melody. There are different tunes for Shacharit, Mincha, and Maariv ...