We were in the seventh grade and first feeling female attraction. Like many other teenagers, we wondered out loud why Judaism is so restrictive of how men and women interact. We asked our rebbi why ...

The Torah u-Madda Journal is devoted to the interaction between Judaism and general culture. It publishes articles and, occasionally, review essays that either (1) address the question of Judaism’s ...

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Having completed the last two and highly important Torah portions, Yitro and Mishpatim, we come face to face with the very essence of Judaism. Joined together by the letter vav, at the beginning of ...

The Meiri presents these two explanations of Avot as a continuation of one another. Indeed, our “Avot principles” come from our avot ancestors. This is not only because it makes sense to learn from ...