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The Fourth Chapter of Avot as an extended reflection on Epicurean...
In the spirit of Hanukkah, Yaakov Jaffe offers an intriguing thesis tying together a series of Mishnayot in the fourth chapter of Pirkei Avot: they are all responding to various aspects of Epicurean philosophy.
Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Levi’s Love Song on Jewish Self-Identification for the 7th...
Yaakov Jaffe explores Yehuda Ha-Levi's Yom Le-Yabasha.
Wake Up Sleeping One! Yehudah Ha-Levi’s Dramatic Use of Genre and...
Yaakov Jaffe examines Yehudah Ha-Levi's High Holiday poem "Yashen, Al Teradam"
This 9th of Av: Do We Sing with Yehudah Ha-Levi, or...
Rabbi Yaakov Jaffe comments on the poetry, context, and tension of Yehuda Ha-Levi's "Tziyon Halo Tishali" Kinnah.
No Rest for the Weary? Ambiguity in Yehudah Halevi’s “Yom Shabbaton”
Yaakov Jaffe analyzes the multiple meanings of a medieval Jewish poem and popular Shabbat table song.
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