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Does the mitzvah of tzedakah extend to non-Jews as well? The Talmud introduces the principle of Darkei Shalom – ways of peace that mandate our ensuring non-Jews set up social structures to care for their poor and bury their dead. Find out how one…
While many Israelis today get married on Friday morning, there was a ban on such weddings in Krakow in the 16th century. What was the curious story of the bride almost left at the altar and how does the Rema’s decision impact other responsa…
From Brachos Bees, to Gedolim Cards, the Yeshiva World has borrowed from a uniquely American-style of education to support its own children's religious growth and appreciation for religion.
Please note that this class is at 11:00 AM Eastern / 5:00pm…
In 1977, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik delivered the inaugural Talmud shiur at Stern College for Women. His work before and after to spearhead a democratization of Torah learning placed the Rav in a minority group. His careful arguments to support…
In the early-1980s, two Jewish day schools in Chicago took a high school basketball league to court for the right to play basketball while adorning kippot. The testimony and judgment suggests a lot about the American Jewish expectations of external…
The "chained wife" and "recalcitrant husband" is perhaps the most discussed and thorniest matter of Halakah in the American Jewish public square. The decades-long work to "solve" the issue is an important history of religious self-reflection and…
How did the Purim Shpiel migrate to the United States? And how did it become a fitting annual activity for otherwise-straight-laced yeshiva students? The story is a good (and funny) one.