Speaking of Others’ Nakedness

Commentary on Parshat Noah, Genesis 6:9-11:32In this week’s Torah portion, Noah, after the flood recedes, Noah leaves the ark, gets ...

Blessings for Shabbat & Holidays

Texts, translations and transliterations.

Kedushah (Holiness) in Rabbinic Judaism

What holiness meant to the sages of the Talmud.

Fear Goes Both Ways

I hesitated before asking my wife if she wanted to go out to dinner. We would not have to drive ...

The Closer You Are, The Less You See

It took a Protestant pastor from Reston, Virginia to introduce me to my Palestinian neighbors. It happened two years ago, and it changed my life.

Nedarim 2

Welcome to Tractate Nedarim.

Seder Nezikin (Damages)

Universal interpersonal and societal issues, rather than Jewish ritual law, are the main subject of Seder Nezikin.

How to Entertain Without Breaking a Sweat

Jewish food writer Leah Koenig shares her secrets for delicious, stress-free entertaining.

Meeting My Palestinian Neighbors For the First Time

Nine months ago I opened the front door of my apartment in Alon Shvut and took a 20-minute walk that ...