Talmud

The real secret to Chabad’s success, 32 years after the Rebbe’s passing - opinion

After October 7, Jewish communities across the world held challah bakes dedicated to the hostages. Women gathered in synagogue halls and community centers, with flour on their hands, saying prayers.

|ByAREYAH KALTMANN
RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON of Lubavitch at a Lag Ba’omer parade in Brooklyn, 1987.
Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

The guard outside the synagogue - opinion

Our guard stands in the cold, gives up holidays with his family, and carries a responsibility he never chose. When tragedy comes, men like him are often the first line of defense.

|ByMENDY CHITRIK
Disputation between Christian and Jewish scholars. Woodcut by Johann von Armssheim, 1483.

'Joseph Albo': A sweeping map of Jewish belief - review

This influential vision of Judaism places belief and commitment, not philosophy, at the heart of salvation.

|ByRAFFI CROUSE
AN ILLUSTRATION of the United States Declaration of Independence inside a page of the Talmud.

'Talmud of America' project brings Jewish readings to US 'sacred' texts

“Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything - including the Declaration of Independence," Rabbi Leon Morris, president of Pardes, said recently.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Is Judaism's sotah ritual just meant to humiliate women?

The continuation of an analysis of Judaism's laws on married women's hair covering.

JULY 23, 2022ByNECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
IN AKKADIAN, ‘pe-ra wasarat’ means hair that is unloosened rather than uncovered.

Muslim-German women's delegation visits Israel to learn about women's religious study

The women were in Israel as part of the Alliance of German Dialogue Institutions (BDDI), an Islamic union that works across Germany to develop relationships between people of different faiths.

JULY 19, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Muslim-German women's delegation at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

What is the value of arguing? - book review

Can the authors’ scenarios help navigate divisive, confusing hot topics?

JULY 16, 2022ByMARTIN LOCKSHIN
PALESTINIANS PASS the security barrier in Aida refugee camp, in Bethlehem this past February.

Can we ever learn to 'live Talmudically?' - opinion

JULY 2, 2022ByBRIAN BLUM
FAST FOOD is a similar story.

'Simpsons' writer describes how writers' room is like hevruta

Stern, who is the younger brother of the wonderful character actor, Daniel Stern, got his start in television writing for The Wonder Years.

JULY 2, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN
THE SIMPSONS

David Weiss Halivni, pioneering and sometimes controversial Talmudist, dies at 94

Halivni’s fluency in a wide range of Jewish texts and thinkers was stunning, according to many of the people who studied with him.

JUNE 30, 2022ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
Survivor and Talmud scholar Rabbi David Weiss Halivni was associated with Columbia University for 35 years.

Three ladies, three lattes: Doing the ‘Daf’

You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!

JUNE 25, 2022ByTHREE LADIES, THREE LATTES
STUDYING TALMUD at a women’s beit midrash in Gush Etzion.

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.

JUNE 18, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
RABBI PROF. AVRAHAM STEINBERG (R) with the Talmudic Encyclopedia’ set.

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.

MARCH 9, 2022ByRACHEL LEVMORE
RABBI PROF. Michael J. Broyde delivers an address about the Tripartite Agreement at an event in 2019.

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.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByHANNAH WACHOLDER KATSMAN
SCREEN GRAB from 'Daf Reactions!'