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Haftarah of the Three Weeks: Digging wells that turn out to have no water
What were the faults of the kohanim and the Rosh yeshivas?
3 years, 2 months ago
Parshas Matos: Wars of Revenge?
Were the Jewish soldiers unaffected by their killing of children?
3 years, 2 months ago
Traditionalist Jews in Israel and the question of religious coercion
What is the meaning in Judaism of מִכָּאן מוֹדָעָה רַבָּה לְאוֹרָיְתָא?
3 years, 3 months ago
Bastille Day 2023, the riots in France, and Jewish History
The differences between the American and French Revolutions and their effects upon כְּלַל יִשְׂרָאֵל
3 years, 3 months ago
Shivah Assar B’Tammuz: Who was Apostomus? What Exactly Did He Do?
Did he burn A Torah physically? Or THE Torah spiritually?
3 years, 3 months ago
Haftarah: Jeremiah, the descendant of רָחָב הַזּוֹנָה
His losing battle against cynicism, skepticism, and sarcasm
3 years, 3 months ago
What is the meaning of the vague phrase: אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכָל בָּשָׂר?
How does Moshe define a successful general?
3 years, 3 months ago
More on the Fourth of July and Klal Yisroel
The significance of the events of the 1780s
3 years, 3 months ago
Cordovero's extremely vivid description of the different "departments" of heaven and hell
Hundreds of angels directing operations in different "rooms"
3 years, 3 months ago
Thoughts on the Historical Legacy of R’ Yaakov Ruderman
The role of culture in a society. Who gets to decide what parts of culture are important? Is it the power of ideas? The number of followers?
3 years, 3 months ago