From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey
Yael Unterman
Humor me as I begin with a question: Off the cuff, what’s your educated guess as to how...
The Shepherd’s Veil
This short story by Benjamin Guggenheim reimagines Moses after the sin of the Golden Calf: powerful yet powerless, dutiful yet embittered, so close to God yet so distant from His people.
The Tefillin Strap Mark: In Search of an Obscure Minhag
In tribute to his son's hanahat tefilin and Bar Mitzvah, Lehrhaus Consulting Editor Jeffrey Saks explores a little-known, mysterious practice that appears in Agnon's short story Two Pairs.
Reclaiming the Musical Past: Leon Modena and Salamone Rossi in Context
Rebecca Cypess considers the life and work of the Italian Jewish Renaissance composer Salamone Rossi, his rabbinic supporter Leon Modena, and the controversies over 17th century polyphonic music in the synagogue.
My “Chavrusa,” Rav Tendler
Moshe Kurtz provides a poignant and vivid tribute to Rav Moshe Tendler, reflecting on their time learning together during the final three years of his life.
With Pain and With Might: Reserve Duty on the Northern Front
Gilad Goldberg describes the bewildering experience of reporting for emergency reserve duty on October 7.
A “What If” Review: Hypothetical History, Science, and Halakhah
Yaakov Taubes examines three hypothetical “What if?” books and what they can teach us about history, science, and halakhah.
My Last Conversation with Rav Amital
With the 10th yarhtzeit of Rav Yehuda Amital, founding Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, upcoming this Sunday, we are honored to publish some poignant remembrances from his students. First up is Yehuda Mirsky of Brandeis University, who recalls his last conversation with Rav Amital.
Three Sonnets
Jeffrey Burghauser's three poems draw on the biblical and rabbinic imagination.
Prophecy Lost
In this short story, Yaakov Weinstein imagines Bilaam's life which led up to his infamous narrative in Parshat Balak.
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