Rabbah bar Bar Hannah has been referred to as the Jewish Sinbad the Sailor. His tall tales, fifte...

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, ztz'l, was one of the most prominent teachers of Modern Orthodox Je...

In another collection of incisive essays on the weekly Torah reading and Jewish holidays, Rabbi A...

An innovative thinker who applies classical Jewish texts to contemporary life questions, and a pi...

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The Passover Seder is probably the most broadly observed Jewish ritual, as the Exodus from Egypt ...

Mitchell First is a very talented Jewish scholar. He is able to challenge traditional assumptions...

The Little Rose in the Mountain offers the reader a delightful bouquet of quotations and stories ...

Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal, was the leading Italian Je...

The idea of 'holiness' is central to religion, but it is also one of the hardest concepts to defi...

An innovative thinker who applies classical Jewish texts to contemporary life questions, and a pi...

Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook (1865-1935) served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Erets Israel durin...