Pesah

As another Pesach in isolation approaches, Will Friedman examines how Rabbinic texts take solo sedarim into account.

Through a careful reading of the Tosefta and its parallels, David Matar argues that Hillel led the Pharisaic faction to a populist victory over the Sadducean priests over the matter of offering the Pesach Sacrifice on Shabbat.

Where is Yosef in the haggadah? Max Hollander suggests that through his absence, he is very present, teaching us about the importance of remembering the forgotten.

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

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.

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.

Ross Weissman offers a stirring poem on hope during the trying times of coronavirus.

By examining the prayers for rain and dew through the lens of meteorology and Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Lonely Man of Faith, Chaim Trachtman presents a unique religious model for thinking about climate change.