Meta-Reflections

Tzvi Sinensky offers a fresh look at one of Rabbinic Judaism's most important mottos.

What do Adam, Enkidu, and Reish Lakish all have in common? Eli Putterman explores.

Lehrhaus Editor Shlomo Zuckier examines two divergent understandings of Jewish law.

Ari Lamm explores a recent instance of talmudic censorship, as well as its implications for thinking about Jewish-Christian relations and American society at large.

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

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.

The most enjoyable feature of the book is the brilliant and creative integration of the daily Talmudic folio Kurshan studies with experiences of her life.

What sort of powers did Hazal have in the first century? Ari Lamm wonders.

In these difficult times for Israel, Aharon Frazer of Alon Shvut is thinking about the fundamental sanctity of human life and the long game. Can war and weapons really take us toward the messianic age?

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