Jewish Texts

The role of the wife of Rabbi Nahman in the Babylonian Talmud.

A warrior, once shunned, regains his rightful place at the head of the battle.

Learning to overcome setbacks, just like the Israelites.

An example of ancient surrogate motherhood and the biblical destiny of the child.

Though betrayed by Israel's unfaithfulness, God will reconcile with the people like a husband who cannot stop loving his wife.

The birth of Samson.

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.

After burial Jewish law requires the mourner to turn from despair in the face of death to the affirmation of life.

The specific prohibitions on mourners during the shiva period reflect the mourner's sense of estrangement from the life force.

Two spies tour Jericho.

The Talmudic approach to the sciences, from astronomy to botany.