Category: Torah Study

A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Torah

How do you get started learning Torah? Where do you even begin? I have four recommendations for you that will help you get going.

Cody Fitzpatrick April 3, 2025 Learning Torah Study

How Far Should One Go to Make Peace?

How far should one go to make peace? We can learn the answer to this from looking at stories of how Aaron makes peace.

Rabbi Dan Ornstein February 18, 2025 Daily Living Every Day

Balancing Torah Study and Worldly Engagement: Can it work?

You can find a harmonious existence where Torah study enriches your engagement with the world and the world inspires your spiritual growth.

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Tsvia Weisberger February 13, 2025 Learning Living

Educational Milestones are Jewish Moments

Celebrating educational milestones as Jewish moments, we pass on a legacy, linking their achievements to generations past and future.

Tsvia Weisberger February 10, 2025 Education Learning

What is feminist Torah and how do we do it?

Feminist Torah is an approach to how we relate to Torah and a set of commitments about which Torah to draw from in our teaching ...

Rabbi Avigayil Halpern December 2, 2024 Community Inclusion

Tanakh Yomi: The Beauty Of Daily Study

Every person’s study experience with Tanakh is simultaneously unique and unifying. May we all learn and grow together in the days to come.

Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein, Efrem L. Epstein October 22, 2024 Every Day Learning

Why We Study Mishnah To Grieve Someone Who Has Died

There is a custom of learning and reciting chapters of Mishnah as part of the mourning process. Where does this come from? How does this ...

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Exploring Judaism September 3, 2024 Death and Dying Learning

Shavuot 5784: Tiny Tikkun

Shavuot is often considered a holiday of converts. Our Tiny Tikkun collects some texts on conversion to study with a friend or on your own.

Exploring Judaism May 30, 2024 Conversion Holidays

Common Terms in Torah Study

The Exploring Judaism team has prepared this printable sheet of common terms you might encounter in your Torah study that might help you out.

Exploring Judaism May 24, 2024 Holidays Learning

Ten Torah Resources You Should Know

Here are our top ten Torah resources you should know, including Conservative/Masorti organizations and resources for kids and families!

Reena Bromberg Gaber May 15, 2024 Holidays Learning

Life Exists in Relation

If we try to look past the tangible, if we focus on the other, in relationship, we can come to see the Divine, even if ...

Ariel Ya’akov Dunat (they/them) January 27, 2023 Every Day Learning