Talmud and Halakhah

Dan Margulies explores various opinions on where to light a Hanukah Lamp in dorms and apartments.

Judah Kerbel explores how differing approaches to listening to music during Sefirat ha-Omer balance the appropriate role for subjectivity in halakhic decision-making.

Yaakov Jaffe traces the origins and evolution of the custom to shake the lulav in different directions.

Atara Cohen considers the theological implications of the Talmud’s surprising majority opinion as to how the Messiah will come.

What does the makeup of the altar drainage pipes tell us about the nature of holiness? Shlomo Zuckier explores!

Post-pandemic proposals to omit hazarat ha-shatz on a permanent basis have been soundly rejected by halakhic authorities. Is this due exclusively to halakhic considerations, or are additional factors at play? Yosie Levine contends that Ashkenazic rabbinic opposition to 19th-century attempts to eliminate hazarat ha-shatz may still be shaping halakhic discourse today.

Howard Apfel reviews Sacred Training: A Halakhic Guidebook for Medical Students and Residents.

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

Bezalel Naor explains what is philosophical about the erstwhile halakhic observances of the Shavuot holiday.

Leead Staller argues for a more nuanced approach to euthanasia in Halakha.