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What is the Megillah’s Message for Jews of the Diaspora?
What is the purpose of Purim? What is the focus of our celebration? Certainly, we celebrate our salvation from annihilation. But beyond…
5 Lessons from the Parsha Where Moshe Disappears
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Yehuda Geberer: What’s the History of the American Yeshiva World?
We speak with Yehuda Geberer about the history of the yeshiva world.
How Orthodox Jews Are Sharing Torah Knowledge Across Denominations
Editor’s Note: It is with deep sadness that we note Rabbi Avi Cohen, who is mentioned extensively in the article, passed away…
Ora Wiskind: ‘The presence of God is everywhere in every molecule’
Ora Wiskind joins us to discuss free will, transformation, and brokenness.
What the 18Forty Team is Reading This Adar
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
How Generosity Built the Synagogue
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. …
How Jewish Communities Can Help Couples Going Through Divorce
Divorce sits in a strange place in Jewish communal life, widespread and life-altering but treated as an exception rather than an expectation. …
The Gold, the Wood, and the Heart: 5 Lessons on Beauty in Worship
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Aaron Kotler: Inside the Lakewood Yeshiva
We speak with Rabbi Aaron Kotler about the beginnings of the American yeshiva world.
Moshe Idel: ‘The Jews are supposed to serve something’
Prof. Moshe Idel joins us to discuss mysticism, diversity, and the true concerns of most Jews throughout history.
Three New Jewish Books to Read
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…