Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Memorial Day
This annual day of remembrance of the victims is observed by Jewish communities worldwide.
Zachor: Why Jewish Memory Matters
The Jewish past is not merely remembered, but continuously re-enacted.
Joseph Soloveitchik
The preeminent figure of American Modern Orthodoxy, the man known as ‘the Rav’ ordained thousands of rabbis.
A Timeline of the Holocaust
From Hitler’s rise to power to the Nuremberg trials, key events of the Shoah.
Who Killed Jesus?
From the Gospels to Nostra Aetate, how Jews were accused of deicide.
Next Torah Portion
Summary
In this Torah portion, God describes to Moses many ethical and ritual laws aimed at helping people live lives of holiness. The laws described include some of those recorded in the Ten Commandments, such as respecting one’s parents, keeping the Sabbath and not stealing. God also introduces laws about farming and about belief in supernatural beings.
Featured Commentary
Weaving Together Ritual and Ethics
Only through the combination of ritual and ethics can Judaism fully express itself.
Rohkl Auerbach’s Warsaw Testament with Samuel Kassow
Hosted by: Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA)
Daf Yomi
Bava Metzia 67
You and she are relatives.
Bava Metzia 66
A child tore it up.
Bava Metzia 65
Cash or credit?
STUDY RESOURCES
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Our weekly Shabbat newsletter, Recharge, features a thoughtful, timely essay to enrich your Shabbat. Here are a few of our recent pieces:
In Dew Season
In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.
From Disgrace to Praise
Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors’ enslavement?
A Passover Beyond Words
The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.
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Asenath Barazani (also spelled Asnat or Osnat) led a yeshiva in 17th century Kurdistan.
English Words of Hebrew Origin
From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.
What Does ‘Bashert’ Mean?
The Jewish concept of a divinely ordained soulmate dates back at least to the Talmud.
Dreams in Jewish Tradition
Dreaming was a major source of prophetic insight in the Torah, but Jewish texts also betray a certain anxiety about dreaming.