Timely Thoughts

Dan Margulies explores various opinions on where to light a Hanukah Lamp in dorms and apartments.

In honor of the yahrtzeit of Dolce, the wife of Rabbi Eleazar of Worms, Chaya Sima Koenigsberg explores Rabbi Eleazar's moving elegy for his wife and reflects upon Dolce's character as a model for Koenigsberg's own life and the lives of Jewish women today.

Michael Kurin analyzes the building and existence of the Mishkan as a form of spiritual redemption for the mistakes which took place in the Garden of Eden.

David Polsky explores a passage in the Sifrei that is key to articulating a Halakahic position on withholding food as a military tactic.

Ezra Sivan presents a new analysis of Shabbat and how it throws light on so much more in the Torah.

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Eliyahu Freedman compares hospital chaplains to the Kohanim.

Noah Gradofsky explores sources about a pregnant Sotah and their relevance for Jewish abortion ethics.

Chaim Saiman explores the grammatical structures of Yom Kippur mussaf, particularly in comparison to Torah reading.

Abraham’s participation in the war of the four kings against the five fits uncomfortably in the broader narrative of his life. Rabbi Mark Glass argues that this Abrahamic episode articulates a core Torah perspective on military might.