Talmud and Halakhah

What was the covenant of peace God gave Pinchas? R. Shlomo Zuckier puts the pieces together to find out

Moshe Kurtz explores the different meanings of silence in Halakhah in light of recent political events

Yaakov Jaffe and Menachem Butler explore the Halakhot of when fasting is proper and when it’s not.

With Hoshanah Rabbah today and the theme of repentance in mind, Jack Cohen explores the role that outsiders play in one's teshuva process through an enigmatic midrash instructing one to return a person to themselves.

Shlomo Zuckier presents Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's own thoughts on academic Talmud.

Responding to yesterday’s article by Moshe Kurtz, Lehrhaus editor Tzvi Sinensky presents an alternative read of the Mitzvah of lo yilbash.

Rav Ronen Neuwirth suggests that the strictures of social distancing enable us to reduce this year's Lag BaOmer bonfires - which he sees as a very good thing.

Moshe Kurtz explores halakhic and hashkafic considerations surrounding bringing young children to shul.

With a novel reading of Josephus and Gittin, Shana Schwartz proposes that the tragedy of the second hurban and the mystery of subsequent Jewish survival may be understood by reference to the physiological knowledge available in classical antiquity.

Max Hollander analyzes the Talmudic narrative of Pardes and the four rabbis who entered it.