Talmud and Halakhah

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

David Polsky meticulously explores officer immunity in Halakha and compares it with the American legal standard of qualified immunity.

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.

AJ Berkovitz traces the reception history of a Midrash Tehillim that seems to equate the reading of Psalms with Torah study, offering a fascinating case study of how tradition evolves.

In this essay, written in honor of Yom Yerushalayim, Bezalel Naor explores the differing visions for the ideal state held by Plato and the Rabbis, Maimonides and Rabbi Nahman of Breslov.

Mikey Lebrett examines the various Halakhic opinions on giving charity to non-Jewish people and causes.

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

Yaakov Jaffe responds to David Stein's earlier call to revamp the standard day school Talmud curriculum.

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

Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld offers insight into the nature of the Jewish mystical tradition by examining some of Rashbi's stories.