The Gemara’s proof text is a play on words from shelamim, which means whole or at peace: “Rabbi Shimon says: The offering is ...

Getting Your Goat Or Let it Stew . Our Gemara on Amud Beis discusses what sacrifice takes precedence — the more holy ...

I am fortunate to have grown up in a time and place where Gemara learning was a standard part of my Jewish education. I am fortunate to have grown up in a time and place where Gemara learning was a ...

When Sharon Stein Merkin attended a Modern Orthodox religious day school in Los Angeles, she didn’t learn Mishna or Gemara, the Oral law, because her school, like most in the 1980s and ’90s, didn’t ...

While we’ve certainly come a long way since the argument I had with my boyfriend nearly 25 years ago, we still have a long way to go to achieve true Talmudic equality. The mind’s selective ability to ...

Which book should be at the core of Jewish education? Most educators would probably point to the Bible without thinking twice, but Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz happens to disagree. While not doubting the ...