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Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits’ Complicated Portrait of Faith

Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits (1908 – 1992) was a traditional rabbi in an untraditional time, whose life encompassed the whole of the 20th…
His Ladder Will Take You to the Zohar

Meet Rav Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (1885 – 1954). Rav Ashlag, known also as the Baal HaSulam after his most well-known work—a…
Do We Care Too Much? Furor Sanandi and Our Desire to Heal

One of my favorite professors in graduate school, when teaching students in my PsyD program about interviewing patients, always urged us to…
3 Questions To Ask Yourself Whenever You Hear a Dvar Torah

Over my life, after countless divrei Torah loved and less-loved, I’ve come to three questions that I often find myself asking after…
From Hawk to Dove: The Path(s) of Yossi Klein Halevi

If you are plugged into Jewish thought, you’ve probably heard of Yossi Klein Halevi at some point or other. He broke big…
3 Songs To Listen to During Israel’s War

Song and war have long held a strange fellowship. The very term “war song” is ambivalent; it can refer to a song…
Why I Read on Shabbos: A Manifesto

For more on I Read This Over Shabbos, visit our site page, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. I read over Shabbos. Here’s why:…
The Torah of the Night: A Shavuos Reader

Download the full reader with all the articles here. There’s a poet by the name of Rodger Kamenetz. He’s best known for…
Your Guide to Reading Rav Kook

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (1856 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. Known simply as “Rav Kook”…
This Pesach, Find Your Door. Then Open It.

You can download a complete PDF of all three articles in this Pesach Reader here. On one auspicious night in ancient Egypt,…
Rav Tzadok of Lublin on History and Halacha

Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (1823-1900) was born to a misnagdic family in Latvia. The son of a rabbi, he was…
The Rehearsal of Teshuva: Three Reflections on the Process of Change

What would your life be like if you had more practice at the hard parts? This is the question posed by comedian-director…