Holidays

James Diamond takes a fresh approach to Maimonides's Passover theology and "Elijah's Cup."

Leah Sarna argues that this is the Passover to tell the stories of enslaved Jewish women: of the victims of October 7, who were and likely still are subjected to sexual violence, and of the heroic women in the era of the Exodus, who fought to ensure the perpetuation of the Jewish people.

Mitchell First reviews Yehuda Landy's Purim and the Persian Empire.

Shimshon Nadel examines the question of whether we should continue to fast on Tishah Be-Av in light of the existence of the Modern State of Israel.

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that we can best understand the Haggadah against the backdrop of Sefer Devarim.

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

Yosef Lindell argues that the Haggadah focuses on the story of the Exodus rather than on the laws of the paschal sacrifice as a way of looking forward towards the future redemption.

Yom Kippur as a mother, explored by The Lehrhaus's Leslie Ginsparg Klein

Akiva Mattenson writes on the relationship between God and Judgement.

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.