by Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Posted on June 26, 2024
Dr. Elana Stein Hain from Shalom Hartman Institute explores the ethical and halachic considerations of whether ends justify means, using examples from Jewish texts to illustrate the spectrum of permissible actions to achieve noble goals and the moral implications of such decisions.…
by Dr. Daniel Rynhold
Posted on June 26, 2024
Dr. Daniel Rynhold from Yeshiva University delves into the intricate relationship between ethics and religion, exploring whether being ethical is inherently wrong from a religious standpoint by contrasting the views of Leibovitz with those of Levinas and Soloveitchik.…
by Judy Klitsner
Posted on June 26, 2024
Judy Klitsner from Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies explores the concept of imposter syndrome and its implications for personal and national identity, tracing its relevance from the daughters of Egypt to the daughters of Zelophehad.…
by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Posted on June 26, 2024
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau from Yeshivat Orayta explores the tension between collective punishment and individual responsibility, examining biblical, philosophical, and Kabbalistic perspectives on whether children suffer for their parents’ sins.…
by Rabbi Jeffrey S. Fox
Posted on June 26, 2024
Rabbi Jeff Fox from Yeshivat Maharat discusses how one should view Gemara and how it became the central text it is today. Is Gemara a law code or something else?…
by Rabbi David Bigman
Posted on June 26, 2024
Rabbi David Bigman from Yeshivat Maale Gilboa explores the interplay between the written Torah and the oral Torah, illustrating through the story of Yiftach and his daughter how rabbinic interpretation and ethical considerations can modify and contextualize biblical narratives and laws.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on October 7, 2022
Sukkot is a holiday about homes–both the permanent and temporary sort–and homelessness. It commemorates how we wandered in the desert with no protection from the elements and no fixed place we could call home, and how God gave us immediate, temporary relief from the former through the Clouds of Glory and ultimate relief from the latter by bringing us into the land of Israel. …
On each day of Rosh HaShanah the shofar is blown no fewer than one hundred times in synagogue. The first thirty blasts before the mussaf service are known as tekiot d’meyushav, while the last seventy blasts blown during and after mussaf are known as tekiot d’meumad.…
by Dr. Tova Ganzel
Posted on September 21, 2022
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Anyone who has spent time at a Jewish summer camp has inevitably confronted questions regarding what children should or shouldn’t do in the weeks preceding Tisha B’Av and on Tisha B’Av itself. From the 17th of Tammuz, many Ashkenazim have the custom not to shave or conduct weddings, and beginning with Rosh Chodesh Av, there are additional customs such as refraining from bathing, laundering one’s clothes, and listening to live music.…
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