This is the 100th Raffel Ticket weekly column I've written. How the heck did that happen? The underlying explanation has to ...

With the Jewish reoccupation of our homeland forbidden, we needed a ceremony and a text to commemorate Pesach, but how could we get it past the Roman censors?

But in the end, writing fiction just wasn’t enough. The ancient sage Rabbi Tarfon said: “The work is plentiful. … It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to ...

Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon were reclining in Bnei Brak. They were discussing the Exodus from Egypt all that night until their students came and said to them: ‘Our teachers, the time has ...

Moreover, why does the Haggadah tell a story about Rabbi Tarfon, Rabbi Eliezer, and Rabbi Akiva meeting to discuss Yetziat Mitzrayim all night long and having to be told that it was time to say ...

What matters is that we keep narrating and keep the wheel moving. I am struck by the words of Rabbi Tarfon in Pirke Avot 2:16: “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at ...

Central to that message is a momentous fact. The book of Genesis tells us about families; but early in Exodus’s first chapter ...

The sharp mind and kind heart behind the long-running Miss Fisher series died late last month. Here, Kerry Greenwood’s partner of 40 years pays tribute to the famous author.

He strived to make the world a better place, often quoting Rabbi Tarfon: "The work is not yours to complete, but neither are you free to desist from it." Bernard S. Gewirz's legacy of excellence ...

In Kerry’s work, we can maybe see the counsel of the Rabbi Tarfon: ‘It is not incumbent upon you to complete the task, but neither are you at liberty to abandon it.’” Kerry is survived by ...