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Readers’ Comments The discussion of religious labels and orthodox education has solicited many responses by our readers, and I would
Jewish philosophy does not self-identify as a religion but is a form of intellectual life within the Judaism. Jewish philosophy is the pursuit of speculative knowledge undertaken from the perspective of the Jewish religion, in reference to Jewish concerns, or in relation to canonical Jewish texts.
Readers’ Comments The discussion of religious labels and orthodox education has solicited many responses by our readers, and I would
A letter to future generations I want to share with the readers a letter written by a prominent scholar of
The Genius Marksman The Maggid of Dubnow, Rabbi Yaakov Kranz (1751-1804), was famous for his ability to explain complicated concepts
Why do we wear Tzitzit? וְהָיָ֣ה לָכֶם֘ לְצִיצִת֒ וּרְאִיתֶ֣ם אֹת֗וֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹ֣ת יְיָ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תָת֜וּרוּ אַחֲרֵ֤י לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְאַחֲרֵ֣י עֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֘ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֒ – Observe and practice כִּ֣י הִ֤וא חָכְמַתְכֶם֙ וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם לְעֵינֵ֖י הָעַמִּ֑ים- For it is your wisdom and intelligence in
By Rabbi Haim Ovadia The practice of completing the Torah reading every year has evolved in post-Talmudic times, and gained
About a year ago I was approached by Moment Magazine with the request to contribute my opinion, as a Sephardic
The Torah describes the song of the Israelites, after crossing the Sea of Reeds, in the future tense: אז ישיר
Moshe mobilized the Israelites away from the Sea of Reeds. They came out to the desert of Shur, and they
Disagreeing, Agreeably! Every so often, the Jewish world is rocked by a new religious war. On one side are the
