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The Torah takes justice very seriously: “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a…

When I first started learning Gemara – and as we prepared for tests – we were told not…

It is hard to imagine a more disparate couple than Yitzchak and Rivka, the quiet contemplative…

“And you shall do to them as they sought to do to others” (Devarim 19:19). …

“The witnesses do not become zomimim, ‘plotting witnesses’, unless they…

  In the standard editions of the Talmud Bavli in vogue today, there are 63 tractates of…

The Torah talks very little – actually, not at all (at least explicitly)– about the…

One of the philosophical debates between the Greeks and Jews concerned the eternity of the world.…

“Stay far away from a lie” (Shemot 23:7). Unlike the other mitzvot in the Torah where…

The Jewish people have long been accused of being robbers and thieves. The importance of countering…

The last chapter of masechet Sanhedrin is like no other in the Talmud. Almost devoid of legal…

“Every argument that is for [the sake of] heaven's name is destined to endure. And …

"G-d said: I will obliterate humanity that I have created from the face of the earth; man,…

“Do not profane your daughter and make her a harlot” (Vayikra 19:28). One has to wonder…

“The entire house of Israel is commanded to sanctify the Name” (Laws of the…

“And you shall love the Lord your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all…

Sukkot marks the beginning of the end of the holiday season. As the fall season commences, and as…