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By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The Bible is the most popular book of all times. Though it is difficult to define one particular section as the most well-known, Psalm 23 (The Israel Bible pp. 1497-1498)...
Countless miracles led to the establishment of the modern state of Israel, not the least of which was the resurrection of Hebrew as a spoken language. Much of the credit for this goes to one man,...
Chapter 38 of the book of Genesis, which falls right in the middle of the Torah portion of Vayeishev (Genesis 37:1-40:23), recounts the story of Judah and his family. The question is, why is this...
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Western culture does not value dreams enough. I am not referring to hopes and ambitions which are plans we make when we are awake. They are dominated by reason and logic....
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Kalman was a dear friend of mine. Though I treasured his friendship, he was operating on an entirely different plane of existence. For example, one day we were walking down...
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz I love living in Israel and have no desire to travel abroad. For me, studying Israel’s geography and travelling the land is a religious experience. Allow me to explain. My...
I was the chef at a Jerusalem steak house with a modest reputation for several years. A young man came to the restaurant one day looking for a job. He had just completed a relatively expensive...
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Learning Torah with my ten-year-old son is a challenging experience. He asks the obvious questions that are disturbingly difficult to answer. “Abba, did God promise all of...
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My ten-year-old son grew up on the Tolkien trilogy. So I guess I should not have been surprised when we got a flat tire and, as we stood by the side of the road, my son...
In this week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 - 36:43), we read of the famous struggle between Jacob and a “man” the night before Jacob’s much-anticipated encounter with his brother Esau....
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The Israel Bible will succeed in helping readers of Tanakh better understand its geographical context and better perceive some of its contemporary resonances.
Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Bible, Yeshiva University
When you open The Israel Bible and see… lessons about Israel, you see that Israel is the Torah’s main theme and begin to understand the major role that it plays.
Member of The Knesset,
Israel’s Parliament
Jews and Christians share a biblical heritage, and The Israel Bible shows even more clearly that this is the land God chose for the Jewish people.
Founder, Biblical Foundations Academy International
Full text of the Hebrew Scriptures in English and Hebrew with select transliterated verses
Unique Israel focused commentary on every chapter
Proper Hebrew pronunciation of key biblical names and places
The Israel Bible comes with a Hebrew alphabet chart, and additional learning sheets
