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Babylonian Talmud that survived the Holocaust gifted to Yad Vashem by President Herzog, April 17, 2024.

President Herzog gifts Babylonian Talmud that survived the Holocaust to Yad Vashem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Illustration of a hostage being taken.

We must fight for hostages but know we cannot imagine what they're going through

After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

The opportunity that comes in rebuilding anew

By KENNETH BRANDER

Campaign posters at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2024

Reflecting on the municipal elections through a Talmudic lens

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Illustrative image of an eye.

Eye twitching insights according to Jewish mysticism and historical texts

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF soldier shown with a Jewish spiritual book in his pocket.

IDF reservists learn Talmud, maintain spiritual practice amid Gaza war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Wedding rings (Illustrative)

Jewish law tells us IDF soldiers must grant divorce before going to war

By SHLOMO M. BRODY

"A person who leaves behind children or students who follow in his path, their lives continue his"

Parashat Vayechi: Is our patriarch Jacob still alive?

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

WALL POSTER by People’s Talmud, hung in schools.

The People's Talmud: Online Jewish law study and the pursuit of wisdom

By GEDALIAH GURFEIN

Zvika Mor, a father of one of the hostages, addresses students at the Jerusalem College of Technology.

Father of Gaza hostage leads prayer vigil for victims of Hamas

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli soldiers around the destruction caused by Hamas Militants in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023.

The spiritual risks of lingering in the place of our pain

By Rabbi Irwin Keller/JTA

WOMEN AND men study at the women's 'beit midrash' in Migdal Oz.

The Talmud is important, but no one should be paid to study it - opinion

By PAMELA PELED

The Steinsaltz Center portal.

Steinsaltz Portal launched to mark rabbi’s third ‘yahrzeit’

By BENJY SINGER

Wild fox in the Judean foothills. May 23, 2023.

Fox spotted along walls of Temple Mount sparks talk of prophecy

WITHIN THE darkness of the discussions there also emerge glimmers of consolation and hope.

Tisha Be’av: Rebuilding in the aftermath of destruction

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH

‘HAVING CHOSEN God, the Torah is God’s response to us.’ Pictured: The Yanov Torah, rescued from the Holocaust.

When Daf Yomi meets the headlines - comment

MEN STUDY the Talmud and other holy books at a Beit Midrash.

Marking the printed Talmud at 500 - opinion

By JACOB SIVAK

RABBANIT MICHELLE FARBER and Judi Felber (R) at the ‘siyum:’ Camaraderie and friendship.

Daf Yomi: Women study Talmud with Ra'anana rabbanit

By TROY O. FRITZHAND