What’s the Truth about . . . Saying G-d’s Name in the Course of Torah Study?
Are we allowed to say G-d’s Name when teaching a berachah, reciting a verse or singing zemirot?
What’s the Truth about . . . Rashi Script?
Misconception:1 Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki [1040–1105 CE]) wrote his famed commentary using “Rashi script.” Fact: “Rashi script,” a script based on an earlier Sephardic cursive script, was used by the early printers (late fifteenth century) to distinguish Rashi’s commentary from the holier Biblical text. It has nothing to do with Rashi the person, who likely […]
The Real Story of Hebrew Pronunciation
“Whanne he cam and was nyȝ þe hous, he herde a symphonie and oþer noise of mynstraleye.” In modern-day English, the sentence above—written in fourteenth-century Middle English—means: “