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    • A genetic analysis of the events leading to the birth of Dinah 

      Babich, Harvey; Klein, David M. (Torah U-Madda Project of the Max Stem Division of Communal Services of the Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, 1997)
      An individual's understanding of any subject matter is influenced by life experiences and prior knowledge. People with divergent secular backgrounds will interpret specific aspects of the Torah from their own distinctive ...

    • V'ten tal u'matar li-vrachah: Thoughts on dew 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 1998)
      Beginning with the first week in December and continuing until the first day of Pesach, the phrase 'v'ten tal u'mattar livrachah"-"and give dew and rain for a blessing," is incorporated into the ninth blessing ...

    • Teaching science to the Torah-observant student 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 1999)
      Graduation from an educational institution entails the successful completion of a more or less prescribed regimen of course work. As students have varied interests, aptitudes, and career goals, each course does not ...

    • Presbyphagia versus dysphagia normal versus abnormal swallowing symptoms in older adults with Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis 

      Barrera, Marissa A.; O'Connor Wells, B. (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023)
      The purpose of this article is to describe normal, age-related changes in the swallowing mechanism, clinically referred to as “presbyphagia.” The authors compare presbyphagia in the oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal phases ...

    • The Jewish People under the microscope 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Torah Activities Council (TAC), Yeshiva University, 2000)
      As Orthodox Jewish communities grow in size and numbers, medical and health care professionals have become increasingly aware of the special requirements for this unique population. Appropriate articles in medical journals ...

    • Noach and the tayva some Torah, some biology 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Torah Activities Council (TAC), Yeshiva University, 2001)
      Everyone is familiar with the story of Noach and the tayva. The intent of this article is not to review the entire incident in depth, but to focus on those aspects that have biological overtones. However, for continuity ...

    • When history mattered 

      Stenhouse, William (Yeshiva University, 2023-05)
      When we consider some of the contributions that historians claimed to make to the modern state, it is not hard to see why de la Ruelle's attack on the historical profession might be read as satirical. For King Henri III ...

    • CHRONOS: The History Journal of Yeshiva University; 2022-2023 

      Kosak, Hadassa; Bocian, Ilan Y.; Adler, Mark; Polotsky, Avi; Khanin, Ita (Yeshiva University, 2023)
      Dear Reader, Welcome to the 2022-2023 edition of Chronos, The History Journal of Yeshiva University.¶ For over a decade, Chronos has been the venue for Yeshiva University students to showcase their scholarly research ...

    • A head of iron: Memories of Rabbi Jacob Green 

      Mostofsky, Avromi (‎ Independently published, 2023-05-23)
      In this poignant memoir, "A Head of Iron: Memories of Rabbi Jacob Green," Avromi Mostofsky, the youngest grandson of Rabbi Jacob Green, paints a vivid and heartfelt portrait of his revered grandfather. With profound ...

    • The kof, reverse evolution, and the adnei ha-sadeh 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Torah Activities Council (TAC), Yeshiva University, 2002)
      As noted in Chagigah (16a), human beings hove three characteristics in common with, and three other characteristics distinguishing them from, animals. The similarities include eating and drinking, elimination of wastes, ...

    • Strange, but true 

      Babich, Harvey (Office of the Dean, Stern College for Women, 2003)
      It is often stated that education in Torah must be a continual, life-long process. A child that terminates his/her Torah education at an early age remains with that minimum knowledge, which further lessens, throughout later ...

    • Thirsty for Torah ; thirsty for water. 

      Babich, Harvey (Office of the Dean, Stern College for Women, 2004)
      Rav Aryeh Kaplan, noting that everything in the spiritual world has a counterpart in the physical world, cited several sources showing "water" is the physical counterpart of Torah study [l]. For example, in Taanis (7a), ...

    • Yonah: Man against Nature 

      Babich, Harvey (Office of the Dean and Office of Admissions, Stern College for Women, YU, 2005)
      Yonah ben Amitta's beginnings were quite unusual. According to Pirke d' Rabbi Eliezer (chapter 10), Yonah was the son of the widow in whose house Eliahu HaNavi lived during a famine. This was the same child who died ...

    • Locusts and elephants 

      Babich, Harvey (Office of the Dean and Office of Admissions, Stern College for Women, YU, 2006)
      This essay is a discussion of two creatures, locusts and elephants, from a Torah U'Madda perspective. Both had an impact on Jewish history and both are discussed in the Talmud.

    • Wine, apples, and dates 

      Babich, Harvey (Office of Admissions, Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2007)
      For spiritual Jews, the periods prior to, during, and after Rosh HaShanah are intense , with individuals asking for forgiveness and praying for a happy and healthy New Year. For gastronomic Jews, the highlight of Rosh ...

    • Blood, frogs, and lice 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2008)
      This article analyses the initial three plagues through the eyes of various Torah commentaries and synthesizes scientific explanations within the discussions. The approach, noted by Rav E. Munk [1], is as follows: “In ...

    • Biblical and Talmudic microbes 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2009)
      Microbiology is the study of organisms that cannot be viewed with the unaided or naked eye, but rather they must be viewed through a microscope. This category of organisms is rather broad and includes bacteria, algae, ...

    • The Arba minim 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2010)
      "You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of the hadar tree, the branches of date palms, twigs of a plaited tree, and brook willows; and you shall rejoice before HaShem, your G-d, for a seven day period" ...

    • Plagues 4 to 6: Wild animals, pestilence, and boils 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 2011)
      The Ibn Ezra (Shemos 9:1) noted that the plagues of blood and frogs were mediated through the medium of water, of lice and wild animals through the medium of soil, and of pestilence and boils through the medium of the ...

    • Plagues 7 to 10 

      Babich, Harvey (Stern College for Women, Torah Activities Council (TAC), Yeshiva University, 2012)
      Hail, Lightning, and Thunder: The 7th Plague “HaShem said to Moshe, Stretch out your hand toward the sky and there will be hail throughout all Egypt. It will fall on man and animal and on all outdoor plants all over ...