God wants us to know that argument make us wiser and stronger. Restrictions on debate make us weaker.

Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute ...

We talked with Brett Lockspeiser, Sefaria’s chief technology officer and a co-founder, about the power of new technology to reinvigorate old texts, what makes the Constitution like the Talmud ...

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 ...

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.

The ner tamid burns continuously to show that God is always present. The Talmud states that when ten or more Jews are gathered in prayer, God is present. Jews refer to this group prayer as a minyan.