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Ancient Talmud Translated to English
A Talmud that took Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 45 years to translate from ancient Hebrew and Aramaic into modern Hebrew is being published in English. Click here for the rest of the article...
Steinsaltz Talmud available in English
A Talmud that took Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz 45 years to translate from ancient Hebrew and Aramaic into modern Hebrew is being published in English.
Italy’s Torah Day limited to men
Yom HaTorah in Italy, a day devoted to group study of the Torah in 13 Jewish communities across the country, excluded women, critics complained.
Josh Fleet: Parshat Behar-Behukotai: Weekly Torah Portion Summary, Questions, Resources
When you come to the Promised Land, the earth should rest. A Shabbat to God. Sow your fields for six years. Prune your vineyard for six years. Gather the produce for six years. In the seventh year, give it a rest. A Shabbat to God.
PASSOVER AND SHAVUOT: What’s the Question? What’s the Answer?
Unlike other Jewish holidays, the Torah does not specify a date for Shavuot; it is celebrated on the 50th day (seven weeks) after Passover.
When your brother will be low: Parashat Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34)
He flopped down on the couch in my study, looking pale, upset. “What is it?” I asked, imagining a bad diagnosis.
Five steps to studying and learning from the Torah
If we study the Torah the way a child plays with a toy -- repeatedly and open to the possibility of discovering something remarkable -- then perhaps we can discover something remarkable.
The Two-Minute Zionism Elevator Pitch
Amid their disputes, Daniel Gordis and Peter Beinhart agree there is no easy way to re-engage Americans with Zionism. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try, writes Leonard Fein. Click here for the rest of the article...
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub: An 'Eye for an Eye' and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: It's Not What You Think
Sadly, many of us here in America, reproduce this conflict's us-and-them ethos from 7,000 miles away, and so have thrown ourselves in on the side of escalation rather than resolution.
Josh Fleet: Parshat Tazria-Metzora: Weekly Torah Portion Summary, Questions, Resources
If a person is found to have real tzara'at, his clothes should be torn, his hair should be grown and he should act otherwise like a mourner. He should cry out: "I am ritually impure! I am ritually impure!" Over and over.
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