Talmud
What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
On Shavuot, we recenter Torah study as our supreme value, even as we divert some of its precious human resources toward protecting our people and defending our land.
Once, Jews defended themselves to survive. Now this reflects defeat - opinion
Lag Ba’omer reminds us to choose respect over division among Jews - opinion
Parashat Emor: The social revolution
Three ladies, three lattes: Doing the ‘Daf’
You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!
The ‘Talmudic Encyclopedia’ enters the home stretch to completion
The editors of the massive work – begun in 1947 – will be finishing their project by 2024.
Agunah Day as the aftermath of war
While Jewish law bends over backwards to resolve this human tragedy, by wisely loosening the strictures of proof of death ordinarily demanded by Jewish law.
TikTok Talmud: How Miriam Anzovin brought Daf Yomi to young people
Anzovin succeeded at every educator's dream – making difficult material relevant to their audience.
Daf Yomi on TikTok
We always face the challenge of popularizing Torah while maintaining its integrity and preserving our reverence for Torah.
Meet the TikTok star making Daf Yomi relatable for millennials, Gen Z
Miriam Anzovin is the millennial TikToker making Gemara more accessible on one of today's leading social media platforms.
Judaism's take on the darkness that winter brings
It is hardly a coincidence that for thousands of years, many cultures and religions have held festivals of light at this time of the year.
Bringing the Talmud to life - book review
The book The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave expresses less-studied emotional, interpersonal aspects of the rabbis in the Talmud.
German Talmud translation from 1935 goes online
The translation is a way to make Jewish texts available to a new generation of German Jews.
Meet the Jewish couple funding Christian missionary hospitals in Africa
“We feel animated by the Talmudic teaching that saving a single life is saving a world,” said Rabbi Erica Gerson.
