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Gimme Some Torah.
Rabbi Eli Garfinkel takes the day’s text (a verse, a midrash, a line of Talmud) and works out what it is actually arguing about. Short, most days of the week.
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Are Younger People Happier?
A displeased young woman—Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash
How Much Freedom Did Rebecca Have?
Abraham sends his servant, probably his majordomo Eliezer, to Ḥaran for the purpose of finding Isaac a wife. The servant wisely alerts Abraham to a possible problem…
Resident Alien or Owner?
Dead Sea, Neve Zohar, Israel—Photo by Keith Chan on Unsplash
The Prophet Elisha and the Oil
If I ask you to name me a story about miraculous oil, I imagine that you would tell me about the miracle associated with Hanukkah, when one small cruse of oil containing…
The Job You Don’t Put on LinkedIn
I’ve always found Gen. 19:8 to be one of the Torah’s most disturbing verses. Lot, begging the people of Sodom to not harm his visitors, offers them a consolation…
Inspection at the Border
Abraham is known for his radical hospitality. According to Rashi, he was healing from his circumcision and nonetheless insisted on staying in his tent with all four…
Every piece 47
- 47Religious Animals
- 46Are Younger People Happier?
- 45How Much Freedom Did Rebecca Have?
- 44Resident Alien or Owner?
- 43The Prophet Elisha and the Oil
- 42The Job You Don’t Put on LinkedIn
- 41Inspection at the Border
- 40What’s the Code for a Miracle?
- 39No Signal
- 38The Hypocritical Tzaddik
- 37A Very Narrow Bridge
- 36The Miraculous Ark
- 35Can There Be Too Much Love?
- 34The Internet Is Our Tower of Babel
- 33A Call for Mercy
- 32Immortality Is a Stupid Goal
- 31Is AI Created in the Image of God?
- 30October 7th and the First Murder
- 29Why Do They Hate Us?
- 28Transactions
- 27Burnout
- 26Those Who Can Teach
- 25The Creation of Repentance
- 24Searching for Books
- 23What Does the Sound of the Shofar Mean?
- 22Make It Louder!
- 21The Donkey and Its Owner
- 20Murder Clothes
- 19Don't Be Asinine
- 18Justice and Mercy
- 17A Murder Without Two Witnesses
- 16The Jews Choose Hebrew
- 15Personnel Is More Than Policy
- 14Don't Be Naive
- 13The Parable of the Fur Coat
- 12The Location of Jewish Life
- 11Regret Is Easy, Repentance is Hard
- 10Blessings and Curses Can Mix
- 09A Blessed People
- 08The Cantorial Candidate
- 07Underestimating Arrogance
- 06Thirteen Reasons to Eat Breakfast
- 05A Letter to Mayor Mamdani
- 04The Third Temple Is a Metaphor
- 03A Jewish Child in a Roman Prison
- 02The Wisdom That Was Lost
- 01Three Jewish Anniversaries
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