Mishna

Your Investments: Birthdays, the Super Bowl, and setting boundaries

"I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal." – Tom Brady

|ByAARON KATSMAN
SEVEN-TIME Super Bowl winner Tom Brady, seen here with the New England Patriots in 2019. A diversified team approach is needed to achieve ultimate success, says the writer.
British-Israeli former hostage Emily Damari poses for a photo with her mother, Mandy, after being released from Gaza where she was held since the deadly October 7 2023 attack by Hamas, at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on January 21, 2025.

Horrors and heroes: Reasons to bless the bad that came from Oct. 7 - opinion

The Mishna suggests that even the most personal of tragedies can and should receive a blessing.

|ByBRIAN BLUM
World's smallest Torah

What can be, unburdened by what has been; Introduction to Pirkei Avot

|ByMARK FISH
‘TALMUD READERS’ painted by Adolf Behrman.

Hidden messages: a novel way of reading Talmudic stories

The Talmud, edited around 1,500 years ago, contains rabbinic statements, discussions, and anecdotes from over three centuries.

|ByMARTIN LOCKSHIN

Book review: Growing through sin?

A journey through what sin and failure have meant in different eras of Jewish history and how they can elevate us.

JULY 10, 2019ByALAN ROSENBAUM
ADAM AND Eve getting expelled from the Garden of Eden for sinning.

Pirkei Avot: More than ‘Who is rich?’ and ‘Who is wise?’

The study of Pirkei Avot is an invitation to life lived purposefully and meaningfully, and with spiritual integrity and intelligence.

MAY 26, 2018ByMARTIN COHEN
Reading a torah scroll

Above the fold: Cultural synapse on Jerusalem

The Jewish perspective on Jerusalem has evolved out of necessity.

DECEMBER 20, 2017ByMICAH D. HALPERN
THE CURRENT Lord Allenby and his mother, Sara Viscountess Allenby, pose for a photo with actors at the reenactment of Allenby’s entrance into the Old City of Jerusalem, along with John Benson and his wife, Christina, in the back row.

A feast of unbiblical exotic curiosities

Makluba is one of the top items on the Eucalyptus menu, with chicken, rice and vegetables served with a ceremony led by the chef at the restaurant.

OCTOBER 11, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Eucalyptus chef Moshe Basson looks fondly at the Asian water buffalo he cooked for the feast.

Praying for the rain: Starting the agricultural year on the right foot

Prayers for rain are among the earliest liturgical texts, and withholding it is regarded in the Bible as a punishment.

OCTOBER 8, 2017ByDVORA WAYSMAN
Rain in Jerusalem