Talmud
A virtual tour of Usha.
Using archaeological seeds to recreate an ancient variety.
Fire beacons for the new moon.
Whether it’s Judeo-Arabic, or Judeo-Italian, or Judeo-Spanish, or the Judeo-German better known as Yiddish, they all mix in varying amounts of Hebrew.
Adin Steinsaltz, in memoriam.
Rabbi Yoḥanan, COVID-19, and the Arab spring.
A timely lesson from Tu b’Av.
An ancient rabbinic dispute pitted eminent scholars against one another. The Taḥanun prayer is rooted in that story of public shame and private distress.
The cadences of the Talmud left their mark on Yiddish, and Israeli, speech patterns.
Illustrating a talmudic passage.
Why did Rabbi Akiva’s students die?
A passage in the Talmud’s first tractate shows why it’s such a uniquely influential work, and so unlike anything in the history of Western literature, theology, or legal scholarship.
“Keep your feet inside your house.”
Genius and Anxiety.
