Rabbi Louis Jacobs

The Torah tells us to protect widows--but not all Jewish authorities recommend marrying them.

An 'addition' to the Mishnah--or something else?

Jewish authorities have much to say about using, and abusing, this substance.

The great sages of the Mishnah and Talmud.

Rabbinic conventions can--following specific guidelines--amend Jewish law.

Throughout history Jews have accepted some influences of outside religions and cultures, and rejected others.

Jewish literature is rife with allegory and metaphor.

Sufi ideas found their way into Jewish mystical literature through Bahya Ibn Pakudah and the Kabbalist Isaac of Acre.

This medieval work describes the ideal life of the pious Jew.

Jews and Christians read their own ideas about authority into this ancient legislative institution.