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Five Years Since Passing, Rabbi Sacks Still Speaks to Our Fractured World
In today’s world, Rabbi Sacks’ message feels more urgent than ever: that God continues to believe in humanity.
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A Brief History of Rationality, from the Biblical Age to Now
In today’s world, we sometimes see the rational as the enemy of the religious, but history shows a far more complex picture.
A Brief History of Shabbos, From the Biblical Age to Now
The Sabbath was a concept even before it was given as an official commandment, and it has been a pillar of the Jewish People for all time.
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Readers Respond: What Is Tisha B’Av Today?
A day for tears, yearning, mourning, and hope: 18Forty readers share what the Beit HaMikdash’s absence means for them today.
The Impossibility of Understanding Loss
The strangeness of death, of loss, is that no matter how many books we read, how many philosophical discussions we have, how many psychologists we speak with, how many times we experience it, it will always be elusive—impossible to understand.
What Facebook’s COO Learned From Grief
In one of 18Forty’s Must Reads, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg opens up about the loss of her husband.In ‘WandaVision,’ Timely Jewish Wisdom About Coping With Loss
In one of 18Forty’s Must Reads, Rabbi Shmuel Hain writes what a Marvel superhero and the ancient rabbis both knew: Grief is just love persevering.Passing Through Moed Katan—and Life
In one of 18Forty’s Must Reads, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin writes how, in Tractate Moed Katan, the Talmud teaches us the only life lesson we need.
Feeling and Healing
Human emotions are intense and, sometimes, incredibly painful. To avoid that hurt, we seek to escape into distraction to “take our mind off everything.” That’s a mistake.
National Loss, and Mourning
It is Jerusalem, once a mother rejoicing with her children, who is grief-stricken, struggling to grasp the elusive understanding of loss. But she does not grieve alone.
To Keep the Memory Alive
In our conversations on loss, we spoke with Josh and Dani about keeping the memories of their wife and father alive, even if they are no longer here.
What Is Nechama?
What did Rebbe Nachman, Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Hutner, and Rav Kook think was nechama? Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld tells us—and more.
Wit & Wisdom: The Best of R. Emanuel Feldman
We put together our favorite articles by R. Feldman from his time in Tradition for you, for aspiring writers and thinkers about Jewish experience alike.
God and Faith in Tragedy and Loss
After tragedy strikes, we demand answers to explain our loss, but the consolation we seek may not be in our minds, but in our hearts.
Show & Tale: Inside Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Books are not only how one acquires wisdom, but how to reach ever-deeper depths in the world as well.