Creating a Name

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1. Were the Daughters of Zelophehad Early Jewish Feminists

   Rabbi Elchanan Samet

   Was the request made by Zelophehad's daughters based in feminist values? An analysis of the parasha shows that their request had nothing to do with feminism, but stemmed from their desire to "make a name" for their father. However, God's response does touch on the issue of equality.

2. What's in a Name?

   HaTanakh.com Staff

3. “And We Shall Make for Ourselves a Name” – Why Not?

   Rabbi Gad Eldad

   The story of the Tower of Bavel is one of the great mysteries of the Torah. The initiative of the human race at the time seems, on the face of it, innocuous enough, and the reader finds it difficult to understand why God viewed it as so evil that He saw fit to thwart their plan.

   We examine some commentators and analyze the tet itself to find insights into what is happening here. 

   Ultimately, the name of the place will commemorate for all time what God did there, rather than the initiative of the builders, such that the quest of the human race to “make for themselves a name” by building the tower and the city fails entirely.

4. Win Friends and Influence People

   Rabbi Ben-Tzion Spitz