Mishna
Jewish learning defines knowledge in a fragmented world - opinion
In an age of distraction, Jewish knowledge is no longer about knowing everything, but about engaging deeply with the core texts that shape understanding, practice, and meaning.
Your Investments: Birthdays, the Super Bowl, and setting boundaries
Horrors and heroes: Reasons to bless the bad that came from Oct. 7 - opinion
What can be, unburdened by what has been; Introduction to Pirkei Avot
Hidden messages: a novel way of reading Talmudic stories
The Talmud, edited around 1,500 years ago, contains rabbinic statements, discussions, and anecdotes from over three centuries.
Fallen scholarly soldier’s holy text donated to the National Library of Israel
Eyal Meir Berkowitz fell in an operation to rescue the bodies of multiple hostages.
Jews worldwide to study the entire Mishna in memory of Hamas victims
Called the Acheinu WorldWide Jewish Unity Program, the initiative is being spearheaded by Rabbi Reuven Taragin and will see Jews from 50 countries read the entire Mishna.
Marking the printed Talmud at 500 - opinion
Steinsaltz describes the Talmud as the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. Why shouldn’t it attract wider interest now that it is much more accessible?
What does the Bible, Judaism think of kings and queens?
Written in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, a leader with integrity who put responsibility before everything else and under whose reign the Jewish communities of the Commonwealth enjoyed freedom.
Does the Mishna describe the meaningful aspects of life? - review
Modern approaches to textual analysis are more than pursuits of mundane truths; they become part and parcel of the pursuit of uncovering the meaning of life that is at the heart of Torah study.
They set out to produce an ‘accessible’ Mishnah. The price tag: $645
The authors suggested the target audience — at least for now — is specialists for whom an explicated Mishnah would be an essential tool.
This week in Jerusalem: Biggest trauma
A weekly round-up of city affairs.
A mission to unite all Jews around the world in Mishnah study
A popular theme is that the Mishna, which is obscure and uninterpretable without toil and hard work, parallels the soul’s many and deep layers.
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski's new book: Growing Up
The book encourages assertiveness (but not chutzpah)
