Passover 2020
Harris Bor meditates on the world of Passover in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.
The Tragic Gap: Birkat Ha-Ilanot Amidst COVID-19
Shumel Hain discusses how we can bridge the "Tragic Gap" between the world envisioned in the blessing on budding fruit tress and our current reality of pandemic and tragedy
Going Viral
A new poem from Zohar Atkins offers a poetic meditation on life in the COVID world.
20/20 vision for hilkhot Shabbat: A Glance at Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon’s Newest Sefer
In our saturated environment, can any contemporary work on hilkhot Shabbat break new ground? Ezra Schwartz explains that Rav Rimon's newest work does precisely this.
“I Am Building a City”: A Reflection for Agnon’s 50th Yahrtzeit
50 years after his passing, Agnon is as relevant as ever. Agnon expert and Lehrhaus Consulting Editor Jeffrey Saks explains.
Review of Yehuda Landy: Purim and the Persian Empire
Mitchell First reviews Yehuda Landy's Purim and the Persian Empire.
“This Is Prayer”: Hitbodedut In Rav Shagar’s and Rav Elhanan Nir’s Writings
Jeremy Tibbetts explores Hitbodedut in the thought of Rav Shagar and Rav Elchanan Nir, two contemporary Israeli thinkers.
A Journey to the Land of Prayer
An exclusive look into Rav Dov Singer's new English work on prayer, Prepare My Prayer.
The Anti-Spiritual Rabbi: A Student’s Perspective
Shlomo Spivack discusses the anti-spirituality of his teacher, Rav Menachem Froman.
Between Aveilut and Clinical Social Work: Interdisciplinary Reflections
Noah Marlowe offers a personal reflection on the experience of simultaneously studying Hilkhot Aveilut and coping with loss from a clinical social work perspective. He explores the similarities and differences between the two lenses and how they could each benefit from being in conversation with each other.