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One often hears the lament that it is difficult to be a Jew. There are seemingly endless demands…

"They would cross-examine him with seven questions: in which year of the jubilee, in which…

There is nothing more precious than human life. As we discussed in our last post, it is due to the…

"And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land which You have given me" (…

One of the most famous and beautiful teachings of Judaism is, “whoever preserves one…

With thousands going back to school today (myself included), parents, teachers and students are…

The conflict between truth and peace dates back at least as far as the creation of the world, with…

A legal brief and a good story are two very different forms of writing. We have even coined a term…

“Based on the words of two or three witnesses shall the matter be established” (…

Over the last few posts (see here and here) we have been discussing those who are…

“Rav Nachman said: Those who eat davar acher, the other, are pasul, invalid to give…

Innocent until proven guilty is a fundamental tenet of the our secular legal system. It finds…

"And G-d blessed them and G-d said unto them: Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land…

We are all products of—and greatly influenced by—our environments, which is why our…

The land of Israel is a special, holy land and thus, all produce grown on it has properties of…

Malcolm Gladwell, in his best-selling book Outliers, delineates how much of one's success…

I have long thought that far and away the best introduction to and overview of Judaism is the …

One of the areas of law that even otherwise non-observant Jews tend to observe are those relating…