Talmud
And a clue to a mysterious ancient translation.
“How deeply do I regret not having been more diligent in studying the language and literature of our fathers.”
Some of the most interesting and creative work in all of Jewish studies today is happening neither in universities nor as part of a yeshiva curriculum.
The red fence and the Gentile gaze.
The Talmud understands “love the stranger” to mean “love the convert.” Does it also apply to other strangers?
Before Groucho Marx and Henny Youngman, there was Broka Ḥoza’ah.
Two men with much in common.
The Avot of 1492.
A 1,500-year-old weapon against the evil eye.
The rabbi joins us to enumerate the principles of Jewish social justice, and to explain how you can differentiate between your own views and those of the Hebrew Bible.
“Rabbi Huna said in the name of Rav . . .”
And their translator’s ambivalent attitude toward Jews.
Rashi’s reticence and eloquence.