That the Hebrew God is the best known of all gods worshiped in the world today needs no explanation. The Jews, the Christians and the Muslims, among others, all accord the ancient Hebrew God their ...

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Parshat Kedoshim: When is yeshiva education a form of sacrificing children? Parashat Kedoshim is a major concentration of the Torah’s ethical precepts delivered in terse, tight sentences. Among these, ...

Why does the prohibition of worshiping Molech – as severe and horrifying as it may be – appear in the list of prohibitions of forbidden relationships? The final section of Parashat Aharei Mot, which ...

In today’s column, Father Gregory Elder responds to a recurring question from readers. Q: Here is a question for you that comes to my mind: Are Baal, Mithra and Molech all the same or different? And ...