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Sherira Gaon and Jewish Politics in 10th Century Babylonia
The fights to keep the Gaonic yeshiva alive in the face of economic hardships and personality-clashes
3 years, 7 months ago
Haftarah Shekalim: Why Didn't the King Just Raise the Money for the Temple by Appealing to the Public?
The synagogue vs. the house minyan: בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ vs. בָּמוֹת
3 years, 7 months ago
Nahmanides on Gehinnom - Sinners Do Actually Burn in a Certain Kind of Fire. It's Not an Allegory
There's an intermediate state of existence between the physical and the metaphysical, as evidenced by the soul being inside a specific body
3 years, 7 months ago
A יְרוּשַׁלְמִי שְׁקָלִים from the Famous Bomberg ש"ס of the 1520s - For Sale at Genazym
From the original edition of the בַּבְלִי וִירוּשַׁלְמִי in Renaissance Venice, with its strange history
3 years, 7 months ago
The unscrupulous "richie-riches" free the Hebrew slaves whom they have held too long
But discover they are addicted to the slavery-system and forcibly repossess them, engraging Hashem
3 years, 7 months ago
The connection between the מִשְׁפָּטִים and the Yisro incident
Who gets the better of whom? The lender or the borrower who becomes an עֶבֶד עִבְרִי?
3 years, 7 months ago
R’ Judah Mintz (1405 -1508), Who Turned Padua into the "Lakewood " of Italy
Famous for his responsa, and for his controversies over halachic matters
3 years, 7 months ago
Ramban's Theory of the Sumum Bonum
Differs from the view of Maimonides. Olam Haba will occur here on physical earth
3 years, 7 months ago
Isaiah's Vision of G-d Seated on a Throne etc. Subjective Reality vs. Objective Reality
Stubbornness is a great crime in spirituality
3 years, 7 months ago
Chaim Grade (1910-1982): Some Thoughts About the Yiddish Novelist
A brilliant novelist who consistently "bet on the wrong horse." Atheist who learned with the Chazon Ish.
3 years, 8 months ago