"Ten miracles were performed for our ancestors in the Beit Hamikdash...and no one ever said to his…
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Rosh Hashanah 12: Rosh Hashanah Farming
Sometimes one can glean the most interesting information from the most unexpected places.
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Rosh Hashanah 10: Does It Really Matter?
History is not something that greatly interested our Talmudic Sages. Of course, such was the norm…
Rosh Hashanah 9: Fasting and Feasting
"You shall afflict your soul on the ninth of the month [of Tishrei] in the evening, from…
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Rosh Hashanah 6: My Word Is My Bond
"The first of Nissan is the New Year for festivals" (Rosh Hashanah 2a). There is no…
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Rosh Hashanah 4: Where Is My Reward?
The defeat of Babylonians by Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE led to a (temporary) golden age of Jewish…
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Some Opening Thoughts on Masechet Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah conjures up images of prayer, repentance, and new beginnings. It is the time of year…
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Rosh Hashanah 2: A New Year for Kings
"Arba Rosh Hashana hem, there are four New Years; on the first of Nissan is the New Year for…
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Behar: The End of the Torah
The Torah was edited with great precision. This is the idea behind the notion that "there is…
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Yom Ha'atzmaut: The Most Important Mitzvah
One of the Rambam's principles of faith is the eternity of the Torah. While historical…
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Beitza 25: Hurry Up and Be Patient
In Talmudic times, animals were generally slaughtered only when there was a known buyer ready to…
Beitza 24: Fishing on Yom Tov
Shabbat and Yom Tov are gifts to the Jewish people, and the Jewish people only. As such, we are…
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Emor: The Joys of a Kohen
Being a kohen today is not what it used to be. While one may receive more aliyot and lead …
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Beitza 20: The Path of Hillel
There is arguably no greater figure in Talmudic literature than that of Hillel the Elder. He…
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Beitza 17b: To the Showers...
Often, when studying Gemara, we fail to appreciate how different day-to-day life was for our…
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Kedoshim: One is Holy
One of the features of the scientific world is classification of different species into their…
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Beitza 17: Open Sinning
All of us are sinners. To be human means that we make mistakes, both inadvertent and intentional.…
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Beitza 15: How to Celebrate Yom Tov
We live in an age of specialization.