An Early Manuscript Copy of Se’adya’s Tafsīr
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The Omniscient One resolved to instruct sentient beings through [His] Torah, and to guide them to His obedience, in three [different] ways, each more rigorous than the other. The first [way] is the…
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On Genesis 1:28
[Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion [lit., and they shall rule (ve-yirdu)] over the fish of the sea (ha-yam), over the…
Book of Theodicy (Commentary on Job)
Commentary on Job, Introduction and Chapter 1 (selections)
He opened by saying: Blessed be the Lord, God of Israel, eternal before all things that begin, everlasting beyond all things that end, Creator and Originator, who sets our term and will…
Book of Conviviality in Exile (Commentary on Esther)
Commentary on Esther 3:1-5
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Commentary: On Psalms
On Psalms 69:1–3; 13
To the leader: on shoshanim [lilies]. Of David. (Psalms 69:1)The phrase on shoshanim means that this plea is on behalf of the righteous, who are likened to shoshanim, as it says: like a lily among…
The Book of Gardens and Parks: On Exegesis
Kitāb al-riyāḍ wa-’l-ḥadā’iq, Introduction
First. We must know that our prophet and master Moses was the one who wrote the Pentateuch, from its beginning in Genesis to its end. It was he who handed down to us all the accounts contained therein…