Scholarship

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

What motivated the first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Herzog, to work tirelessly on the seemingly quixotic project of running the modern State of Israel on the basis of Halakhah? Reviewing Alexandar Kaye's new book on the subject, Rabbi Shalom Carmy explains.

David Curwin explores the evidence that Jacob may have made a fatal mistake in not conquering Canaan upon returning.

Yehuda Goldberg explains how the Bible's depictions of the Tower of Babel and of Jerusalem teaches us about the risk and potential of cities.

Chaim Saiman comments on the nature of Simhat Torah.

Dan Margulies offers a rundown of the sukkah zip-tie construction, the next great halakhic frontier

Tzvi Sinensky comments on the pitfalls of being overly dependent on the "Talmudic reid."

Does the Torah support a universalist or ethnonationalist political orientation? In this timely essay, Ezra Zuckerman Sivan explores the meaning behind key stories in Genesis through the framework of the Aleinu prayer.

In the next installment of our Torah u-Madda symposium, Dr. Erica Brown reflects on the concepts and values expressed by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l in his discussions on the integration of Torah and secular life.

Rav Ronen Neuwirth suggests that the strictures of social distancing enable us to reduce this year's Lag BaOmer bonfires - which he sees as a very good thing.