Return… Again? Theories of Twice-Baked Teshuvah
Lehrhaus founder Shlomo Zuckier examines the debate about whether we can repeat Teshuvah for the same sin.
Professor Yaakov Elman: A Talmud Scholar of Singular Depth and Scope
Shana Strauch Schicks's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.
Three Questions after October 7
Historian Henry Abramson, who is currently releasing a series of video lectures contextualizing Israeli history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, asks hard questions about how to understand the post-October 7th world.
Teaching Israel and Jewish History Post-October 7: A Values Proposition
Ethan Zadoff discusses what Israel education should look like post-October 7.
Corona and Seder-ing Alone
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.
The Tragic Gap: Birkat Ha-Ilanot Amidst COVID-19
Shumel Hain discusses how we can bridge the "Tragic Gap" between the world envisioned in the blessing on budding fruit tress and our current reality of pandemic and tragedy
Thoughts on Aliyah and the Akeidah from Israel at war
Alan Jotkowitz looks at the current situation in Israel through the lens of modern interpretations of the Akeidah.
Running and Returning: A Personal Reflection on Prayer, Contemporary Poetry, and Yom Kippur’s Neilah...
In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays
Ha-Kalir’s Kinot – Poetry and Theological Narrative
Zvi Grumet suggests that when read in sequence, the kinot of R. Elazar Ha-Kalir—often seen as the ones most difficult to understand—offer a powerful theological narrative from despair to hope.
Life, Children, and Sustenance: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of a Torah Scholar
Richard Hidary's reflection commemorating the passing of Yaakov Elman, ob"m.
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