Considering Torah learning’s status as a central mitzvah, we can easily understand that it earns us life in the next world.
Rabbi Sarah Mulhern has been delighted by how many young Jews are looking for wisdom from ancient texts. “Who would have thought millennials and Gen Z-ers would be knocking on my door to learn Torah ...
Shavuot may not be the most prominent Jewish festival, but it captures something essential: the belief that education is ...
Masechet Avot originally consisted of five perakim. To continue its study on the sixth Shabbat between Pesach and Shavuot, a sixth perek was added to the masechet. As that Shabbat generally falls out ...
Our Sages explain that Shavuot is considered a “Rosh Hashanah” for the Torah. It is an appropriate time to dedicate ourselves ...
For years, I believed that serious Torah learning was for other people – the ones who could open a sefer without panic and read Hebrew without flinching. I didn’t think I could start this journey ...
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Being near Torah is not the same as standing at Sinai

Thanks to AI, we can access sacred texts with one click, but joining the covenant of the Jewish people demands more of us ...
Rabbi Owen Gottlieb believes that the future of Jewish education is in games — both video and analog, like card and board games. Gottlieb, 38, is a doctoral candidate in education and Jewish studies ...
The Talmud and our sages teach that Hashem intentionally chose Har Sinai because its name hints at a deep truth: from the ...
Torah speaks differently to different souls. Every Jew has a unique relationship with Torah, a unique derech in serving ...
Torah learning benefits the student in both this world and beyond. Mishna Zayin succinctly captures this: “Torah is great, for it grants life in this world and the next.” This dual reward underscores ...