Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Purim and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Purim starts tonight and ...
Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva, as found in the Talmud, Makkot 7a: “A Sanhedrin [Rabbinic court] that affects an execution once in seven years, is branded a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Eliezer ben ...
Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva, as found in the Talmud, Makkot 7a: “A Sanhedrin [Rabbinic court] that affects an execution once in seven years, is branded a destructive tribunal. Rabbi Eliezer ben ...
Rabbi Tarfon also taught, “The day is short, the task is great, but the reward is eternal” (Pirkei Avot 2:15). The love and nurturing we pour into our children will blossom into deeper ...
This Shabbat morning we will read from three Torah-scrolls: From the first, we will read the weekly Torah-reading, Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19); however it is divided into six Aliyot ...
AI elicits strong feelings — from those who believe it will save humankind to those certain it will destroy us.
She invoked Rabbi Tarfon’s famous quote: “You are not obliged to finish the work but neither are you free to desist from it.” “He didn’t abandon it,” said Tepper, referring to both ...
A quote, written in the second century and attributed to Rabbi Tarfon, has been in the forefront of my mind lately.