Halakhah
On leaven and legal fictions.
Judaism has the resources to confront artificial intelligence, if Jews are prudent about how to use them.
Jews can help the wider world fight the excesses of artificial intelligence, but in order to do so they need to learn how to speak about such matters in a language non-Jews understand.
The divine in the details.
A path through the valley of the shadow of death.
What makes this miracle different from the other miracles?
Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Eliezer Berkovits, and the philosophy of halakhah.
“We ask for forgiveness” if a body is moved.
In the midst of World War II, a group of exiled yeshiva students posed an urgent question.
“When you see the wonders of how bees operate, it makes you feel good about God.”
The last fruits of shmitah.
Why a “backwards” tractate includes lengthy discussions of the destruction of the Second Temple.
Science, medicine, printing, and mysticism.
Realizing there is a time for death, yet upholding the sanctity of life.