Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

The vestments of the Kohen Hagadol, the High Priest, received just as much attention from the Torah as the Mishkan’s (the ...

It is a matter of debate whether the re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 represents the beginning of the Final Redemption, the ingathering of the exiles.

To make a long story short, they decided to keep going and tune out all the noise of how spending money on material things is ...

Our Gemara on amud aleph continues its discussion of various indirect forms of murder, including the case of one who causes a snake to bite a person. There is a dispute regarding how direct this actio ...

Amalek rejects Hashem’s connection to this world or any connection between the spiritual and the physical. Essentially, Amalek denies Hashem’s control of this world and the ability for man to upli ...

Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk ... and the end of all things (Shabbat 55a and Rashi ad loc.). Thus, the Talmud declares that the truth is G-d’s signature. Legal documents are validated by their ...

[7] Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, known by his acronym “Rashi,” was the most eminent of the medieval commentators. He lived in northern France in the 11 th century. [8] Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra ...

Rashi explains: Why was the ear chosen to be pierced rather than all the other limbs of the body? Said Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai: …The ear that heard on Mount Sinai: “For to Me are the ...

There, Rabbi Abba Hacohen Bardala tells us that Ya ... We are able to get insight into the matter by looking at Rashi’s understanding of an interesting passage in Tractate Sanhedrin (37a).