Pesah

Joshua Shapiro explains how close readers of the Biblical text can find a unifying theory for reason behind the ten plagues.

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.

Judah Kerbel discusses why we say an abbreviated Hallel on the last six days of Pesah and contemplates what that says about the war in Israel; self-defense is a must, as is gratitude toward God, but we also hold space for the losses on the other side.

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.

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.

As we prepare for Passover, enjoy these three poems by Bruce Black meditating on the past, present, and future of our Exodus.

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