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Category: Talmud
Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart and the Nature of Free Will
Free will gives us a lot of responsibility. But the sages teach we're still able to make mistakes and the teshuvah to repair them.
Rabbi Malka Michel
February 13, 2025
Parashat Shemot
Parashat Shemot Dvar Torah
How to Deal With Difficult People
A delicate balance is required in dealing with difficult people, and the rabbis provide us a framework to explore this very question.
Joshua Klein
February 13, 2025
Every Day
Human interactions
Food in the Talmud: A Window Into a Distant Past
Food is a way to discover layers of knowledge, connect to an ancient memory, and an invitation to revisit the lives of our distant ancestors.
Daniela Rusowsky
February 13, 2025
Food
Living
“Peace is Great!” A Challenging Jewish Teaching
Achieving true peace here on earth is a tremendous task which we can fully accomplish only when we have God pushing us to do so.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein
November 24, 2024
Derekh Eretz Zuta
Ideas
A Talmudic Reading Of The High Holiday Prayer Un’taneh Tokef
Un'taneh Tokef: What makes this prayer so attractive? Could it be the poignant question, “Who will live and who will die?”
Dr. Judith Hauptman
September 23, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
