Scholarship

In honor of Father's Day, Yosef Bronstein shares thoughts about the Talmud's perspective on the relationship between fathers and children.

Isaac occupies the middle position among the three Patriarchs. Gavriel Lakser offers a novel reading of his character that portrays Isaac as a uniquely relatable figure for our times.

David Fried offers a novel reading of the Akeidah.

Chaim Trachtman squares biology with Spinoza and Maimonides.

Eli Genauer explores the profound impact of a printing error on the halakhot of Pesah.

Dina Brawer explores "certainty" and "doubt" in rabbinic tradition.

In part one of this series, Ariel Mayse provides an introduction to the history of neo-hasidism, through the voices of Hillel Zeitlin and Martin Buber.

Elinatan Kupferberg argues that the boundaries between Torah and Madda have blurred and evolved throughout Jewish intellectual history. This erudite analysis upends our assumptions about Torah u-Madda and breathtakingly reimagines its past, present, and future.

David Moster explores the meaning of Peri Etz Hadar.

Authors mis-citing citations on authors citing authors. What gives? Yiddish.