Holidays

Yaakov Jaffe examines the different opinions about when mishloah manot should be given in Jerusalem when Shushan Purim is on Shabbat.

Michael Kurin discusses the connections between the Akeidah and the Rosh Hashanah services.

Yosef Lindell explores the true nature of the Aseret ha-Dibrot.

What do Paul, Purim costumes, and Purim torah all have in common? Yehuda Fogel delves into the meaning of hiddenness and its role in revelation on Purim.

Tzvi Sinensky on the lost Menorah, the Vatican theory, and the ideology of the search and mythology.

Ranana Dine explores the depictions of suffering in haggadot.

After six months suspended between quarantine, isolation, and uncertainty, it’s natural to want to run away from home, especially as Yom Kippur looms and we realize it’s time for a change. But, as Matthew Nitzanim explains, this understandable reaction would miss the point of Teshuvah: everything we need to work on is right here, wherever it is we find ourselves.

Tzvi Sinensky on how Sefer Haggai unlocks the meaning of Hodesh Elul.

As we approach Pesach, Bruce Black's latest poem vividly retells the splitting of the sea.

Daniel Berkove shows how parallels between the building of the Tabernacle and the building of Pharaoh's storage cities shed light on the differences between civilizations that those structures represent.