Tanakh

Herzl Hefter provides critical perspective on a stream of Akeidah interpretation from Kierkegaard to the Rav

Aryeh Klapper recreating a patriarchal voice.

Amitai Bin-Nun provides a fresh and intriguing perspective on the story of the Golden Calf by reading it in light of the Talmudic passage in Menahot detailing an encounter between Moses and R. Akiba on Mt. Sinai where God is tying crowns to the letters of the Torah scroll.

Yisroel Ben-Porat analyzes a Midrash offering non-misogynistic takes on the original sin.

How should one respond to ominous cultural trends that have not yet had a direct impact? Alex Maged's thoughts on the rape of Dinah.

Yisroel Ben-Porat grapples with whether the case of the pregnant Sotah has implications for the debates surrounding abortion.

Yaakov Jaffe provides an ideological argument against including ideology in our Chumashim.

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

Why did the women bring musical instruments out of Egypt? In her first Lehrhaus article, musicologist Rebecca Cypess draws a fascinating historical analogy between biblical and African-American slavery to shed light on the Exodus in Jewish tradition.

Ayelet Wenger weaves together the personal, historical and exegetical in advance of reading Sefer Shemot.