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Defensive War

When lives are at stake, Judaism permits--and probably requires--fighting.

Nature and Holiness in the Writings of Priests and Prophets

To the Israelite prophets, humans are central to the relationship of God and the created world...

Jewish Sects

In the Second Temple period.

Who Was Bathsheba (Batsheva)?

King David's wife and King Solomon's mother came on the scene because of David's wandering gaze.

Joseph’s Foresight and Restraint

A Torah teaching for the Western environmentalist.

How Not to Comfort Mourners

The worst things to say to someone who is grieving.

Up And Down The Mountain Of Life

The Israelites worshipped the Golden Calf because they lost an awareness of God.

The Mikveh’s Significance in Traditional Conversion

Immersion in the mikveh actualizes the transition between the convert's old identity and his or her new one as a Jew.

Karaite Marriage

How Karaite laws influence weddings, divorce and ritual purity.

Rabbinic Limitations on War

Deuteronomy 20 permits wars of aggression, but the talmudic rabbis made it difficult to declare one.

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