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    Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits’ Complicated Portrait of Faith

    Meet a traditional rabbi in an untraditional time, willing to deal with faith in all its beauty—and hardships.
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    Are you a fan of Kabbalah and the Zohar? Thank Rav Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag.
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    Do We Care Too Much? Furor Sanandi and Our Desire to Heal

    From Freud through today, our desire to heal asks us to consider why we care so badly—and maybe if it’s hindering the healing.
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    3 Questions To Ask Yourself Whenever You Hear a Dvar Torah

    Not every Jewish educational institution that I was in supported such questions, and in fact, many did not invite questions such as these.
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    From Hawk to Dove: The Path(s) of Yossi Klein Halevi

    With the hindsight of more than 20 years, Halevi’s path from hawk to dove is easily discernible. But was it at every point?
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    3 Songs To Listen to During Israel’s War

    These are three songs written during times of conflict in Israel that I’ve found myself turning to again and again.
  • The Torah of the Night: A Shavuos Reader

    I suspect that many of us hope to find in Torah something like this—an ancient way of thinking that looks differently at that which we know, that invites us to open our eyes ever so slightly at the world around us.
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    Your Guide to Reading Rav Kook

    I’d advise reading Rav Kook as you would read a poem, with an eye less to the argument or claim he is staking and more to the impression it leaves.
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    In this Pesach Reader, we see the many doors of Pesach. Now, we hope to find our own.
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    Rav Tzadok of Lublin on History and Halacha

    Rav Tzadok held fascinating views on the history of rabbinic Judaism, but his writings are often cryptic and challenging to understand. Here’s where to start.
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    The Rehearsal of Teshuva: Three Reflections on the Process of Change

    Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal is the teshuva tool you didn’t know you needed. Here are three reflections to aid you in the process.
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    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.
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