Why a “backwards” tractate includes lengthy discussions of the destruction of the Second Temple.

Ex-Wife and The Divorcee.

Kasti Delmedigo and the gold coins.

The Rogachover Gaon.

Courts can punish religious violence without getting involved in the theological nitty-gritty.

As a solution to the problem of agunot—“chained” wives—halakhically valid pre-nuptial agreements avoid recourse to the sometimes brutal coercion of recalcitrant husbands.