Talmud

Publishing a Real Life Old-Fashioned Book

Here’s the thing about being both an author and a blogger: It makes you impatient. When I write a rant ...

The Urgency of Civility

It seems to me that we do not do a lot of talking to each other anymore. There is lots ...

The Study of Torah Encompasses Them All

A young man adorned with a black hat, a prayer shawl and phylacteries offers up his morning prayers in the ...

“Wocka Wocka!”

I’m excited about the new Muppet Movie, and who wouldn’t be given great lines like the following from the trailer:Kermit, ...

Talmud: An Explanation

There is no getting away from the Babylonian Talmud--love it, hate it, or both.

Maimonides on Seder Zeraim

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Rabbi Yose

Early teacher of Jewish law and theology.

Sanhedrin

Jews and Christians read their own ideas about authority into this ancient legislative institution.

Rav and Samuel

Early Amoraim engaged in respectful debate.

Menahem Meiri

This medieval talmudist's religious tolerance was ahead of his time.

The Origins of Jewish Performance

From Prohibition to Precedent.

Avot d’Rabbi Natan

A companion volume to Pirkei Avot.