On this Shabbat, days after Yom HaShoah and before Yom HaZikaron, it is fitting that we read the first of the two parshiot of Acharei
In Yevamot 54b we encounter a statement by either R. Yona or Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua. This week I won’t discuss content, or
Have you ever been in trouble and then somehow you managed to extricate yourself? In American slang, you’ve gotten “off the hook.” The origins of
“Molech” might arguably rank as the most egregious and detestable method of avoda zara. To have one’s very own child burnt alive as an offering…anyone
Tehillim (Psalms) are used throughout traditional Jewish worship. Many verses from Tehillim appear throughout our routine prayer. Tehillim, along with some later readings, comprise the
ֿֿהוּא (הלל) הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין אֲנִי לִי, מִי לִי (אבות א:יד) It’s On Me Though many help us throughout our lives, in the end
Amos Oz (1939-2018) was a famous secular Israeli writer. He was the author of 40 books and was a winner of the Israel Prize. I
The other day, I was handling one of the large and impressive tarantulas at the Biblical Museum of Natural History. I now have a huge
Part II Last week’s discussion focused on the halachic justification for allowing ligitants to appear at a hearing remotely. If the litigants appear via video
This article was reprinted with permission from The Lehrhaus. It has become fashionable to say that Torah u-Madda has fallen out of fashion. In this
“Are you really sure you want to do this?” Ten years ago, Rabbi Tully Harcsztark posed that question to me when I interviewed for a
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Holocaust Museum of Porto, which opened to the public in April 2021. It is the first Holocaust
