Why has (Rabbinic) Judaism not encouraged Proselytizing?
12/07/2026 | 27 mins.
The big difference between Judaism and Christianity re: Proselytizing. Origin of the Talmudic concept of עֵרֶב רַב?
Haftarah Matos-Masei: The Broken Cisterns (Bein HaMitzarim)
09/07/2026 | 26 mins.
You abandoned land which contained a natural spring of fresh water for arid land supplied by collected rainwater only to find the cistern which was supposed to hold the water had a leak!
Henry (Tzvi Hirsh) Gersoni 1844-1897: a story of בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב and בַּעַל פְּעוֹר in Czarist Russia
08/07/2026 | 42 mins.
בַּעַל הַ"מוֹדֶה וְעוֹזֵב יְרֻחָם"
פָּרָשַׁת מַטּוֹת- מַסְּעֵי תשפ"ו - The Massacre of the Midianites
06/07/2026 | 35 mins.
The peculiar moral characteristics of a "War of Revenge" - נְקֹם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַמִּדְיָנִים
Some reflections on בֵּין הַמְּצָרִים in light of Current Events
05/07/2026 | 28 mins.
What does רשב"ג mean when he says (שבת י"ג ע"ב) אֵין אָנוּ מַסְפִּיקִין?
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