Scholarship

Yosef Lindell offers a brief history of Pesah guides.

With lively and accessible prose, Tamar Ross clarifies her theology of the revelation at Sinai in contrast to more traditional formulations such as Yoram Hazony's.

Ezra Sivan reexamines the relationship between Rachel and Leah.

In part 1, Gil Perl argued that Modern Orthodox is in need of a Hedgehog Concept and put forward Or (la-)Goyim as a candidate for that role. In part 2, he details what this might look like in practice and why it would appeal to our youth in a post-modern world.

Leslie Ginsparg Klein examines a new case of Orthodox censorship, contextualizing it within recent trends and religious culture.

Josh Yuter looks at the ways that Halakha takes into consideration, and responds to, human feelings.

Tzvi Sinensky on how Sefer Haggai unlocks the meaning of Hodesh Elul.

Rabbi Daniel Reifman reviews Christine Hayes' Whats Divine about Divine Law?

Dan Jutan, Dov Greenwood, and Meir Kerzner explore the fundamentals of Jewish Education.

Yosef Lindell explores the true nature of the Aseret ha-Dibrot.