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Tradition 45:2 Now Available Online! Featuring Two Articles on the Philosophy...
‘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...
View 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...
View 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...
View 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....
View 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...
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Tradition 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...
View 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...
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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...
View ArticleSelect Writings in Tradition about Academic Bible Study
Below you will find links to various articles written in Tradition over the years relating to modern Bible study. - Shlomo Brody “Biblical Criticism” by Max Kapustin Tradition 3:1 (Fall 1960) “Orthodox...
View ArticleFrom Our Archives: Rav Ovadiah Yosef on the Status of Ethiopian Jews
One of the more influential psakim delivered by Rav Ovadiah Yosef zt”l related to the halakhic status of Ethiopian Jews, as discussed in an article in today’s Yediot Achronot. See here for Don Seeman’s...
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