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Tradition 45:4 (Winter 2012) Now Available Online
Editor’s Note: The Lost Childhood of Doeg by Shalom Carmy Ancient Sources, Modern Problems: A Methodological Analysis of Rashi’s Position on Brainstem Death by Daniel Reifman Unmasking an Odd-Sounding Purim Custom:...
Read more of this articleFrom Our Archives: Tradition Articles on Arms Sales and Halakha
J. David Bleich: Sale of Arms in Halakha Joseph Polak: Arms Transfers, The State of Israel, and Halakha Sidney Hoenig: The Sport of Hunting: A Humane Game? All available for free download. - Shlomo Brody Read More →
Read more of this articleTradition 45:3 (Fall 2012) Now Available Online
Vol. 45, No. 3: Fall 2012 Editor’s Note: Why Hats Are Wasted On The Young: An Essay in Practical Theodicy by Shalom Carmy Yehuda Halevi and the Philosophical Use of Metaphor by Shubert Spero The Amida’s Biblical...
Read more of this articleParashat Ha’azinu: Ha’azinu’s Non-Sequitor by Yaakov Bieler
The poem’s structure. According to MaLBIM, the poem in Ha’azinu (Devarim 32:1-43)[1] can be divided into six sections: 1) (32:1-6) Charging heavens and earth to serve as witnesses for the account of Jewish history and prophetic...
Read more of this articleParashat VaYeilech: A Confluence of Emotions by Yaakov Bieler
The final two Mitzvot of the Tora. Although Parashat VaYelech is the shortest of all Parashiot,[1] according to Sefer HaChinuch, it contains the last two Mitzvot Given by God via Moshe to the Jews. Both of these Mitzvot focus...
Read more of this articleDecoding a Tora Cipher – Parashat Nitzavim – by Rabbi Yaakov Bieler
Scruitinizing variations in the appearance of portions of the Tora. In addition to subjecting the verses of the Tora to close reading in order to notice the many subtle nuances of language upon which are based numerous literary,...
Read more of this articleParashat Ki Tavo: Blessings & Curses by Yaakov Bieler
The earliest reference to the blessings and curses that were pronounced prior to the Jewish people’s entering Israel. In Parashat Re’eh, a first reference is made to a portentous ritual that marks the beginning of the Jewish...
Read more of this articleTradition 45:2 Now Available Online! Featuring Two Articles on the Philosophy of Rav Shagar
‘Good and Very Good’: Moderation and Extremism in the Scheme of Creation by Norman Lamm As We Are Now is Not The Only Way to Be: On the Place of the Humanities in Contemporary Religious Culture by Shalom Carmy Torah...
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