The battle between these two Venetian presses became so intense that complaints reached the revered Rabbi Moshe Isserles (the Rema) in Krakow.
Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...
Discover how astrology in Jewish tradition evolved from sacred texts to AI, blending ancient wisdom with cutting-edge ...
It was chavruta, a method used by Talmud scholars in which pairs of students debate and ask one another questions based on ancient rabbinic texts. “When I read about chavruta, I immediately felt ...
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Making sense of the 'madwomen' in the Talmud
In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute ...
The Munich Talmud or The Survivors Talmud boasts vibrant title pages, capturing the historic moment of printing in postwar Germany.
The mother of Moses, born on the cusp of slavery, merited living out her days in the place designated by God for the people ...
The Mishnah was formed due to fear that the Jewish people would lose their unity and beliefs if they were not in the Holy City.