As we hope and pray for good news about the remaining hostages in Gaza, at least we can savor the fact that perhaps the best-treated

Many young people — and even some old people — look forward all year to the holiday when a person can be so drunk or

Sanhedrin 49a, the Daf Yomi studied on the day that Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump

The Talmud in general, and the Daf Yomi read around the world last week, in particular, (Sanhedrin 6) is as relevant as ever—as it addresses

The results of the recent American presidential election triggered a sense of euphoria for some and mourning for others. But those of us who study

The page of the Daf Yomi that was read around the world on the first Shabbat after the first yahrzeit of the people who were

The Tashlich ceremony we just performed on Rosh Hashanah had some added poignancy this year. The Matteh Moshe, as cited by Rabbi Daniel Sherman of

We are still within the year of mourning for the losses that began on October 7 and continue on all too many tragic days, during

The greatest tractate in the Talmud in terms of pagination (Bava Batra, at “176” pages—actually, 175, starting at page 2) begins (on the back of

One of the classic approaches to our behavior that should guide us at all times is to avoid insulting each other. The Talmud says, “Kol

Notwithstanding the United Nations Security Council vote of this past Monday, Shushan Purim, whose full or even partial compliance was still far from guaranteed as

The Talmud was written, organized and compiled in a different era, but many of its lessons are timeless. Many of its examples may seem inapplicable