Holidays

In a piece that resonates today, Tzvi Sinensky examines what made the Jews' salvation from the plague of the firstborns so miraculous.

Ned Krasnopolsky explores the roles of meaning and obedience in matan Torah.

How do Moses Mendelssohn and Revelation jibe? Judah Kerbel offers some perspective.

Beth Kissileff on the book of Jonah and its relevance on Sukkot.

The propriety of celebrating the downfall of enemies presents a complex web of questions and seemingly contradictory Jewish texts. Michael Kurin makes sense of this subject and proposes a framework for applying it to matters of Israeli public policy.

Harris Bor meditates on the world of Passover in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.

Jerome Marcus explores understandings of freedom within halakhah and how they relate to Pesah and Shavuot

Jon Kelsen uncovers a deeper rabbinic meaning to the blood needed to "passover" the Israelites.

A dialogue between a modern cycle of poems by Lea Goldberg and the ancient Kohelet reveals the importance of gratitude and engagement as opposed to skepticism and withdrawal.

Tamar Weissman and Batnadiv HaKarmi explore R. Yonatan's introduction to Megillat Esther, per Masekhet Megillah in the Talmud, and its relationship to biblical history.