Commentary

David Zvi Kalman reviews Koren Publishers’ new graphic novel version of Megillat Esther.

As 2022 comes to a close, the Lehrhaus team is proud to feature some highlights from our contributions this past year. Yet again, we have published at least one hundred original pieces across a wide variety of genres.

Shlomo Spivack discusses the anti-spirituality of his teacher, Rav Menachem Froman.

There’s a miniature kaf at the beginning of the parashah. As Gabriel Slamovits explains, what the diminished letter says about how Abraham mourned for Sarah fits well with a prominent teaching of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, zt”l.

Alan Jotkowitz looks at the current situation in Israel through the lens of modern interpretations of the Akeidah.

Mali Brofsky argues that often, "Manels" are a product of women's conscious personal decisions. Agree or disagree?

A call for a new Modern Orthodox Humash, and a history of the current ones, by Yosef Lindell.

Moshe Kurtz explores several halakhic questions concerning the recitation of kaddish for the deceased, all of which point to a larger discussion about how one can confer merit on someone else.

Jeffrey Saks concludes The Lehrhaus series, mapping out the intellectual biography of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

R.A. Alpert argues that the differences between Hamas and the Zealots outweigh the similarities.