Talmud and Halakhah

Jeffrey Fox examines whether watching football is problematic from a Torah point of view.

Rena Kosowsky compares the treatment of sexual assault in the Bible and the Talmud, and explores the implications of what that means for how we should address it today.

Jeremy Brown comments on the history and necessity of vaccination in the Jewish community.

Shmuel Silberman reviews Yirmiyahu Cohen's anti-Zionist book "I will Await Him."

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

As Daf Yomi learners begin studying Shekalim, Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg offers an erudite answer to the question: What is Yerushalmi Shekalim doing in the Babylonian Talmud?

Jeremy Brown discusses some remarkable Talmudic and historical precedents for social distancing during pandemics.

Last year, Nathan B. Oman, a Latter-day Saint and law professor, bought hametz from the members of Chaim Saiman’s synagogue before Passover. This is his story—a profound meditation on the nature of religious law and legal fiction — with an introduction by Chaim Saiman.

The Talmudic story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza is often used to highlight the destructive consequences of baseless hatred. In an intriguing reading, David Hellman suggests that the hatred that motivated the tale’s participants is more complex than meets the eye.

Miriam Gedwiser Sometimes, returning to a familiar text uncovers something new. In this essay, I hope to reexamine the story of the Oven of Akhnai...