“Like a Fleeting Dream”: U-netaneh Tokef, Dreams, and the Meaning of the High Holy...
Man’s actions—even those that seem fleeting and insignificant—can have an impact, positive or negative. Oren Oppenheim explores themes of u-Netaneh Tokef
“Looking for a Havvayah” A Genealogy of “Experience” on the High Holy Days
With the Yamim Noraim approaching, Avinoam Stillman analyzes Ḥavvayah, “experience,” in the thought of A.D. Gordon.
Steely Dan and Rosh Hashanah
Ari Lamm offers a retrospective on the music of Steely Dan and its significance for Rosh Hashanah.
How Mendelssohn’s Torah and Philosophy Converge: A Study of “Anokhi”
Rav Hayyim and the Love of Lernen
In 1927, Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz wrote a poem, an ode to Rabbi Hayyim Soloveitchik of Brisk. Nati Helfgot provides the background and a translation.
Cultural Heritage in an Age of Genocide
Matthew Omolesky considers the importance of culture in the face of genocide.
Three in One: Creation, Exodus, and Equality
Ezra Sivan presents a new analysis of Shabbat and how it throws light on so much more in the Torah.
The Fox and the Chair
Ayelet Wenger offers a creative, intertextual reading of the story of Rabbi Akiva and the Wolf on the Temple Mount.
How Halakhah Changes: From Nahem to the “Tisha be-Av Kumzitz”
Chaim Saiman on halakhic change and the observance of Tisha Be-Av.
Between Shabbat and Lynch Mobs
Ezra Sivan asks what light the narratives of Shabbat and the scouts shed on some critical social questions.
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