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What Commitment Means to Me
On November 30, 2008, when I was 23 years old, I wrote a short document that I saved on my computer: “This…
The History of Halacha, from the Torah to Today
This essay is the last in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The fourth can be…
Yosef Bronstein: Rav Tzadok & Rav Kook on Jewish History
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yosef Bronstein about our history through the eyes of Rav Tzadok and…
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 Reform Movement Challenged the Oral Torah. How Did Orthodox Rabbis Respond?
This essay is the fourth in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The third can be…
Yonatan Adler: What Archeologists Find
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Yonatan Adler about the intersection of halacha and archaeology.
Why the Confusion? On Disputes in the Oral Torah
This essay is the third in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The second can be…
Tova Ganzel: The Judaism of the Prophets & the People
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Tova Ganzel about biblical Judaism, and the shift of rabbinic authority…
Divinity and Humanity: What the Jewish Sages Thought About the Oral Torah
This essay is the second in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The first can be…
Lawrence Schiffman: The World of Early Judaism
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Professor Lawrence Schiffman about Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism.
What Are the Origins of the Oral Torah?
This essay is the first in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The entire series can…
Anonymous: Searching for the Beginning
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to an anonymous email sender about life upon the bridge between the truth…