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Summary of Tractate Yevamot

This talmudic text dives deep into the laws of levirate marriage.

Humans as Co-Creators

People cannot be proprietors over nature--they are not even absolute masters of their own creations.

Orthodoxy’s Limitations

A community that cannot address problems as real as its members' economic suffering leaves a lot to be desired.

Slavery in the Bible

Deuteronomy's legal treatment of slavery is more humane than the parallel laws in Exodus, and more practical than those in Leviticus.

Who Was Moses in the Bible?

The greatest Jewish prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Torah at Sinai, but he never entered the promised land.

One Small Sound for Women, One Large Blast for Womankind.

On the first day of Rosh Hashana I was invited to call the kolot (sounds) for the shofar. I must ...

Yoma 70

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