Maggie Anton was born in Los Angeles and raised in a secular, Socialist household. She grew up with little knowledge of the Jewish religion and discovered Judaism only as an adult.
The Prophet The Book of Kings is roughly divided into three equal parts, beginning with an account of the end of David's reign, continuing with Solomon's succession and reign, and ending with the disruption of the kingdom at his death. After Solomon's death the kingdom split into two kingdoms of
According to our Text, faith (emunah) is the most important element in Torah. This idea is developed even further in the commentary on this middah found in the Pirkei Avos Treasury. There it is suggested that faith in the authenticity of the teachings of the Sages is the foundation of Torah study. (p.417)