In our church on a typical Sunday, we read lessons from the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in most churches), the New Testament, and one of the Gospels. I ...

Zeeva Bukai wrote The Anatomy of Exile from the perspective of a familiar literary figure: the anxious Jewish mother. Only in this novel about a Mizrahi Israeli family moving to America, the main ...

Hirah is a bad friend. But not because of any ill intent. The issue is with Judah — whom he chose for a friend, who he chose to associate with. How, then, did Judah rise to become the progenitor of ...

Free guided weekly walks with qualified walk leaders offer the chance to explore areas in the Tamar valley. The walking programmes organised by the Tamar Valley National Landscapes offers a range of ...

If we were to tell you that an elephant once escaped from the Torpoint Ferry and took a swim in the River Tamar, you might find it hard to believe. However, there are photographs and news articles ...

Greenspan referenced Vayigash, this week's Torah portion, in which Judah pleads with Joseph in Egypt to free his youngest brother Benjamin and offers himself as a replacement. "Judah approached ...

One lane of the A38 was closed due to a crash near Pemros Road by the Tamar Bridge. Roads and traffic monitoring site Inrix reported the crash at 11.57am. It said: "Queueing traffic and one lane ...

Dunsin Oyekan has welcomed 2025 with a brand-new song titled “Judah”. This anthem celebrates faith, praise, and unwavering trust in God’s ability to secure victory in life’s battles.

This marks a shift in Judah’s character. Years earlier, he had proposed selling Joseph into slavery. Later, he deflected responsibility for his daughter-in-law, Tamar, nearly condemning her to ...

It is at this sensitive point that our parsha begins. In a last ditch effort, Judah offers the speech of his life. Judah describes the chain of events that led to that moment, and offers himself ...

Judah, Joseph’s brother, was prepared for the self-sacrifice because of the incident with Tamar (Genesis chapter 38), Judah’s daughter-in-law, Joseph’s cousin-in-law, Rachel’s niece by ...

R. Eleazar ben Judah (c.1165-c.1230), author of the Sefer Rokeach, made the fascinating suggestion that these three steps correspond to the three times in the Hebrew Bible where the word vayigash ...