Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

It was chavruta, a method used by Talmud scholars in which pairs of students debate and ask one another questions based on ancient rabbinic texts. “When I read about chavruta, I immediately felt ...

In her debut book, ‘The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic,’ Gila Fine, a lecturer of rabbinic literature at the Pardes Institute ...

The mother of Moses, born on the cusp of slavery, merited living out her days in the place designated by God for the people ...

The Munich Talmud or The Survivors Talmud boasts vibrant title pages, capturing the historic moment of printing in postwar Germany.

The Mishnah was formed due to fear that the Jewish people would lose their unity and beliefs if they were not in the Holy City.

The ner tamid burns continuously to show that God is always present. The Talmud states that when ten or more Jews are gathered in prayer, God is present. Jews refer to this group prayer as a minyan.