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Parshas Devarim: A Geographical Nightmare
Did Moshe harangue them in nine places? Or about their misdeeds in nine? Or in a place with nine geographical markers?
2 years, 2 months ago
Pirkei Avos, Chapter 2: Rabbi Gamliel Jr. and תּוֹרָה עִם דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ
R Tarphon - Learning Torah like a businessman
2 years, 2 months ago
Glory, Tragedy, and Identity Fluidity: A tale of a modern Ger Tzedek in Germany a century ago
Baron von Manstein and his times (Kaiser, Weimar Republic, Third Reich)
2 years, 2 months ago
The Jewish general who commanded the Roman armies that destroyed the Bais HaMikdash
The strange tale of Tiberius Julius Alexander, nephew of Philo, chief of staff to Titus
2 years, 2 months ago
Revenge, the Current Middle East Crisis and Parshas Matos
G-d says avenge the wrong done to Israel by Midian; Moses says avenge the wrong done to G-d by Midian
2 years, 2 months ago
Haftorah Three Weeks - The Jewish Trait of Ingratitude (Jeremiah Ch. 2)
Why is it the Jews were unfaithful in times of prosperity but faithful in times of persecution?
2 years, 2 months ago
Pirkei Avos Ch.1: Why does it say Moshe got the Torah from Sinai? Sinai did not give him the Torah!
Pirkei Avos and the language of philosophy, not Midrash
2 years, 2 months ago
Parshas Matos-Masei: Why the Jews could not get Egypt out of their systems even after 42 journeys
The main complainers were the "house slaves," not the plantation slaves
2 years, 2 months ago
Chinuch in the 20th Century from the Perspective of the 21st
Rabbi Moshe Shuvalsky and his times (chinuch)
2 years, 2 months ago
פרקי אבות פרק ו
Why is Rabbi Meirr preoccupied with לשמה?
2 years, 2 months ago