Torah from Narnia

On Shavuos night I spoke in our synagogue on the topic of Aveira Lishma , violating a transgression (an aveira ) for a noble purpose. In the...

In our last post we demonstrated the parallels between Reepicheep’s entry into Aslan’s country, as portrayed in The Voyage of the Dawn Tread...

I’ve often wondered whether the characters in the Chronicles are modeled after biblical personalities. Of course, they might be modeled afte...

Our discussion of valiance had led me to think (again) about Lewis' decision to write a series of stories for children. In a previous po...

Over the last few posts we have analyzed what makes Lucy valiant. Two themes, likely coupled themes, emerged. The first is Lucy’s ability to...

Apologies for my lack of recent posts which has been due to the need to concentrate of Passover preparations. Now that Passover has a arrive...

Lucy, though grownup at the end of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, remains “gay and goldenhaired,” and is thus called Queen Lucy the ...