Rabbi Elazar said: Be diligent in the study of the Torah; and know how to answer an apikores, and know before whom you toil, and that your employer is faithful, for He will pay you the reward of your ...

But over Shabbat, I kept pondering the moment, and I realized that rabbi-ing has transformed my mother-ing in ways I wouldn’t ...

As we have seen, we should use our belief in, relationship with, and feelings toward Hashem as cornerstones of our religious identity. Accomplishing this can be challenging because Hashem is not ...

Never did I imagine, as a preppy high school student at a Protestant boarding school, that my spiritual journey would lead me to serious Torah study. At my bat mitzvah, despite several years of Hebrew ...

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For most of Jewish history, the havruta system – where two people partner for serious Torah study – was limited to men. In the early 20 th century, two prominent Iraqi personalities – one female and ...