Meta-Reflections

Alex Ozar explores wartime law in the Rambam.

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

Tzniut, much discussed in the Modern Orthodox community, is not an end but a means, prompting us to the higher value of awareness of being in the Divine presence.

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

David Stein with a fresh look at the methods and priorities of teaching Talmud in Modern Orthodox day schools.

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.

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?

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

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

The epikorus and the min apparently represent two different kinds of heretic in traditional Jewish literature. Elisha Price traces the evolving meaning of each term in Hazal and medieval writings, clarifying the differences between the major genres of Jewish heresy and helping illuminate for us why they matter.