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

Natan Oliff explores the evolving role of truth throughout Tanakh and later Jewish history.

Laurance Wieder's After Adam was named the Book of the Year in 2019 by First Thing's John Wilson, but has been largely overlooked in the Jewish community. The Jewish Review of Book's Michal Leibowitz seeks to remedy this in her review of Wieder's lyrical retelling of the Bible.

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

How can we respond to a Seder during which it is prohibited to host guests? Yitzchak Etshalom and David Block each offer unique tefillot to be recited at our Seder table this year.

In introducing his embrace of Rav Shagar, Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl details his personal journey of being initially excited, then disappointed with the writings of our...

Batya Hefter traces Joseph's character development through the eyes of the Ishbitz-Radzyn masters.

Yaakov Taubes explores the background to Maimonides’s explanation for how the Mishnah is ordered.

The secular calendar has its leap day on Feb. 29. On the Jewish calendar, our leap day is 30 Adar I, since Adar in a non-leap year always has 29 days. Yaakov Taubes explores all of the Halakhot pertaining to this unique day.

Shira Hecht-Koller Earlier this year, Apple released the iPhone X. When the first iPhone was released in 2007, I was completing my second year of...