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Throughout most of history wealth was primarily a result of land ownership. The more land one owned…

We often imagine that the ancient world was one in which almost all lived on farms tilling their…

“Arba shomrim hem, there are four guardians, a shomer chinam, an unpaid guardian; the shoel,…

Our society venerates youth, with an entire industry dedicated to keeping people looking and…

“Everything goes according to the custom of the land (Bava Metzia 83a). As much as lawyers…

“And you shall surely know that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not…

One of the challenges of higher education is ensuring that one does not sit in an ivory tower where…

“Pray for the welfare of government for, if not fear of them, man would swallow his friend…

Family owned businesses comprise some 90% of all business enterprises in the United States, account…

Yosef was a most charismatic figure. How else to explain the appeal he had to so many people? The…

The traditional way to study Talmud is with a chavruta, a study partner, someone with whom to…

“’For they are My slaves’ (Vayikra 25:55) – and not slaves to My slaves…

Perhaps the greatest challenge facing Jewishly conscious people in the modern world is figuring out…

Perhaps no Biblical story fascinates us like that of Yosef and his brothers. Its twists and turns…

Jews pray three times a day to be blessed with material wealth. Yet precisely because so much good…

People convert to Judaism for all kinds of reasons. Ideally, one may accept only those who…

One of the aspects of teaching I enjoy greatly is parent-teacher meetings. Beyond friendly chatter…

One of the unique features of the prohibition of charging interest is that the prohibition cannot…