Meta-Reflections

Sefaria has recently published a new bilingual digital edition of Talmud Yerushalmi. Taking stock of this development, Zachary Rothblatt offers an erudite synthesis of the history of Yerushalmi.

Many synagogue goers found the abbreviated High Holiday services we recently concluded quite appealing. Need we eventually go back to the way it was before coronavirus? Not really, argues Moshe Kurtz, surveying the substantial halakhic support for shortening the services every year.

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

Chaim Trachtman explores the relationship between moral instincts and rational thinking in Rabbinic Psychology.

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

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

Nathaniel Helfgot outlines decision making in matters of halakhic policy and meta-halakhah.

Shlomo Zuckier explores some surprising connections between the Talmud and the field of behavioral economics.

Sarah Rudolph responds to Zev Eleff's article on "Digital Democratization".

R. Shimshon Nadel explores the connection between the Hasmonean dynasty and the modern-day State of Israel.