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Tag: Textual Analysis

0 Jewish Law Philosophy

Reading Hard Texts in Hard Times: Retribution and Self-Defense in Megillat Esther

Tzvi Sinensky in Lehrhaus · 13 Mar

Tzvi Sinensky explores the complex ethical framework in Megillat Esther, focusing on the tension between self-defense and retribution as enacted by the Jews against their enemies.

0 Jewish Law History

Understanding Midrashim

Jewish History Uncensored · 27 Nov 2024

Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein discusses the analysis and editing of Midrashim, focusing on the different approaches of the Vilna Gaon and his son, R. Avrohom Vilner.

0 Torah Philosophy

Ask What the Text Wonders: A review of _Why Rain Comes from Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination_, by Devora Steinmetz

guestpost in Jewschool · 22 Jul 2024

In "Why Rain Comes from Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination" by Devora Steinmetz, the author intertwines Biblical and Rabbinic texts to nurture readers' imaginations and envision a more just world.

0 Jewish Law Education

Reviews in Brief – Spring 2024

Rabbi Gil Student in Jewish Action · 9 Mar 2024

Rabbi Menachem Genack's "Gan Shoshanim, vol. 1" offers Torah essays that blend insights from Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik with Brisker-style analysis, presenting a structured exploration of Talmudic topics like prayer, holidays, sacrifices, and purity.

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A Prehistory of Rav Kook

Levi Morrow in Lehrhaus · 2 May 2022

In "A Prehistory of Rav Kook", Yehudah Mirsky explores the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen Kook before he immigrated to Israel and challenges the commonly held view of him as solely a Zionist Rabbi.