Talmud

Parashat Pinchas: What Joshua learned from Moses about true leadership

We often encounter people who seem to be pursuing the very same path on which we hope to succeed, and naturally, we may sometimes fear that their success will diminish our own opportunities.

Shining: Moon rises behind the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON of Lubavitch at a Lag Ba’omer parade in Brooklyn, 1987.

The real secret to Chabad’s success, 32 years after the Rebbe’s passing - opinion

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

The guard outside the synagogue - opinion

Disputation between Christian and Jewish scholars. Woodcut by Johann von Armssheim, 1483.

'Joseph Albo': A sweeping map of Jewish belief - review


Married women in Judaism must cover their hair in public - Talmud

There is an undisputed halachic, societal expectation that married women cover their heads. This next installment examines Judaism's laws on married women's hair covering.

 WIG SALON in Jerusalem.

Is Judaism's sotah ritual just meant to humiliate women?

The continuation of an analysis of Judaism's laws on married women's hair covering.

 IN AKKADIAN, ‘pe-ra wasarat’ means hair that is unloosened rather than uncovered.

Muslim-German women's delegation visits Israel to learn about women's religious study

The women were in Israel as part of the Alliance of German Dialogue Institutions (BDDI), an Islamic union that works across Germany to develop relationships between people of different faiths.

 Muslim-German women's delegation at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

What is the value of arguing? - book review

Can the authors’ scenarios help navigate divisive, confusing hot topics?

 PALESTINIANS PASS the security barrier in Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem this past February.

Can we ever learn to 'live Talmudically?' - opinion

 FAST FOOD is a similar story.

'Simpsons' writer describes how writers' room is like hevruta

Stern, who is the younger brother of the wonderful character actor, Daniel Stern, got his start in television writing for The Wonder Years.

 THE SIMPSONS

David Weiss Halivni, pioneering and sometimes controversial Talmudist, dies at 94

Halivni’s fluency in a wide range of Jewish texts and thinkers was stunning, according to many of the people who studied with him.

 Survivor and Talmud scholar Rabbi David Weiss Halivni was associated with Columbia University for 35 years.

Three ladies, three lattes: Doing the ‘Daf’

You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!

 STUDYING TALMUD at a women’s beit midrash in Gush Etzion.

The ‘Talmudic Encyclopedia’ enters the home stretch to completion

The editors of the massive work – begun in 1947 – will be finishing their project by 2024.

 RABBI PROF. AVRAHAM STEINBERG (R) with the Talmudic Encyclopedia’ set.

Agunah Day as the aftermath of war

While Jewish law bends over backwards to resolve this human tragedy, by wisely loosening the strictures of proof of death ordinarily demanded by Jewish law.

 RABBI PROF. Michael J. Broyde delivers an address about the Tripartite Agreement at an event in 2019.