Talmud and Halakhah

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

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

Moshe Kurtz looks as discomfort as a factor in Halakha

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.

Lawrence Kaplan responds to AJ Berkovitz’s article on the many conflicting interpretations of a passage in Midrash Tehillim, highlighting two different approaches advanced by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

Steven Gotlib reviews Eugene Korn’s To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values, a book which asks hard questions about whether Halakhah can integrate with the demands of contemporary ethics.

William Gewirtz continues to offer his thoughts on the meaning of bein ha-shemashot.

Jesse Lempel argues that the halakhic category of pidyon shevuyim might extend to prisoners held in unsafe conditions, safe as during the current pandemic.

Eliav Grossman examines the Talmud's account of drinking on Purim, reading it as directed at Christian texts and traditions.

Levi Morrow explores how the Rabbis use creative exegesis to save the world from drowning in a flood