Edition 18: Seven: "With seven fingers..."
The Editor

The seven commandments of the sons of Noah, or:
We are all part of the same, single [Adams] family
Moshe Greenberg


Sabbath curiosities: Some you knew and most you didn't

Shemitta: remission of debts every seven years: Biblical program for reestablishing economic equilibrium
Jeffrey H. Tigay


Pitfalls of the seven species of the Land of Israel
Why the bikkurim offering was limited to the seven species
Nogah Hareuveni


The seven charges R. Akiva gave to his son Joshua: Timeless words of wisdom


The gift of seven years
A sweet little rabbinic tale about Elijah the prophet and doing good deeds


The seven-branched menorah: an evolving Jewish symbol
Cosmic and natural associations, historic and national symbolism
Ida Huberman

Seven times, seven hairs, seven circles: Magical procedures using the number seven
Joshua Trachtenberg
Shiva: an island in time for the bereaved: Seven days of mourning
Anita Diamant


A Hebrew lesson: Rootword sh-v-'a: Painters, pigment and hypocrisy