שיעורים
13 פורסמוWhy Rabbi Yochanan Holds the Finder Keeps It
A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…
Every Word Counts
As a youngster in grammar school, we are taught every word- every letter- in the Torah counts, serves…
Rabbi Meir and Names
Rabbi Meir, the great Tanna attributed tp many Mishnaic rulings, seems to be a person of several names.…
Visiting The Sick
Rabbi Akiva visits a sick student. He notices that his living conditions are not good. He cleans the…
Rabbi Akiva’s Wife Part Three
Rabbi Akiva laughs because he has a premonition that their futures will intertwine. (According to Rabbenu Nissim’s narrative,…
Rabbi Akiva’s Wife Part 2
Rachel reminds Akiva that it is now time to go off to Yeshiva and learn. He studies at…
Rabbi Akiva’s Wife, Part One
On Sotah 17a, it is recorded: דָּרֵישׁ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה זָכוּ — שְׁכִינָה בֵּינֵיהֶן. לֹא זָכוּ —…
Loyalty and Devotion
May one move a stone sitting on top of a barrel on Shabbos in order to get wine…
From the Verse to the Halacha: A Worked Example
Watching the Sages move from text to binding law.
The Hidden Logic of the Thirty-Nine Melachos
Why a category, not a list, governs the law of labor.
How Liability Is Measured When an Ox Gores
Tracing the chain of reasoning from verse to ruling.