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Benjamin Barer traces the word Hevel through Jewish texts, showing how the use of the same word can teach us both about the wisdom of Kohelet we read this past Shabbat and the character of Hevel who we will read about in this week's Parashah.

Michael Broyde offers a new theory for why halakhah obligates women in some time-bound positive mitzvot and exempts them from others.

As Daf Yomi learners begin studying Shekalim, Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg offers an erudite answer to the question: What is Yerushalmi Shekalim doing in the Babylonian Talmud?

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."

What does the makeup of the altar drainage pipes tell us about the nature of holiness? Shlomo Zuckier explores!

Yaakov Jaffe explores a common synagogue practice, and why it doesn't seem so halakhic. minyan,

Natan Levin examines King David’s character through a close reading of his narratives in the Book of Samuel.

Zev Eleff and Menachem Butler explore the reception of Moses Mendelssohn in American Orthodox Judaism, focusing on a curious commotion surrounding the bicentennial of Mendelssohn's death

Seth Farber explores the Rav's 1932 in local Boston historical context.