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Yehuda Liebes has revolutionized our understanding of the Zohar and underscored the relationship between kabbalah and Christianity.

Talmudic law and the medieval law codes developed from it protected consumers from many types of deceptive practices.

Jeff Spitzer mines Maimonides' 8 levels of Tzedakah for guidance on contemporary issues in tzedakah.

A seller charging more than fair market value can be forced to rebate the difference, or even to cancel the sale.

Jewish law provides for government intervention in the markets for goods and services through price controls, limits on profits, and perhaps even allowing cartels to operate.

A biblical prohibition against mixing species teaches us that we are partners in creation -- but with limits

Jewish mystics took Judaism's reverence for the Hebrew language one step further, venerating the Hebrew letters themselves and considering them paths to the Divine.

In the Torah, faith in God means trust, not belief in particular propositions.

It is more accurate to speak of Jewish philosophies than of a single Jewish philosophy.

Medieval authorities responded to outside pressures and formulated Jewish principles of faith.

Saadiah articulated Jewish creeds, Maimonides followed suit, and a group of 15th-century Spaniards continued the tradition.