A halakhic take on philosophical ethics’ oldest dilemma.
Keeping Shabbat where the sun doesn’t always set—or rise.
The motions of the moon.
From Samuel to COVID-19.
And its rabbinic critics.
Tsvi Ashkenazi and his golem-making ancestor.
Eldad the Danite.
And what it tells us about the lives of ordinary Jews.
Rabbis had devised a way to protect authors two centuries before Europe’s first copyright law.
“Even the hippies will remain until the coming of the messiah!”
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and morning prayer.
An expression of gratitude for America.
But eruv builders must still deal with blizzards and wild animals the old-fashioned way.
Seventh-Day Adventists and ersatz dairy.