Evergreen

From the general to the specific.

Spiritual tools.

A shopkeeper in northern Albania, Sheqer rescued a Jewish man from the Nazis and sheltered him for three years.

Leprous Nazirites.

How to read the Torah.

Ulterior motives.

Welcome to Tractate Yevamot.

Peace is a central element of Jewish prayer, but what does praying for peace mean?

Imitating Queen Esther, Kurdish Jewish women used to bathe in the river on Purim night.

The inversion of expectations, so central to the Purim story, can be both thrilling and confining.