Shemot

Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader

How was the original Seder experienced, and how do we constitute a Jewish collective? Joel Levy and Leon Wiener-Dow argue that the collective must begin with the independent-minded individual.

Ned Krasnopolsky explores the roles of meaning and obedience in matan Torah.

Ben Greenfield calls attention to a crucial, but unnoticed feature of the early narratives in Exodus.

Zach Truboff draws on personal experience in considering the place of Yizkor on Yom Tov.

Yosef Lindell explores the true nature of the Aseret ha-Dibrot.

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

Jon Kelsen uncovers a deeper rabbinic meaning to the blood needed to "passover" the Israelites.

In this essay, Yaakov Taubes explores and elucidates methods of dividing the Humash into sections, and analyzes their significance -- particularly through the lens of Parshat Mishpatim.

Lehrhaus Founding and Consulting Editor Elli Fischer on why R. Mendel of Rimanov is said to have spoken about the man every Shabbat for 22 consecutive years, and why reciting parshat ha-man the Tuesday before Parshat Beshalah might not be a segulah for parnasa, but R. Mendel's exhortation to be content with our lot.