JTS Torah Commentary

Shavuot 3:8

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What types of oaths are invalid?

Avodah Zarah 3:4

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

When does an idol own the bathhouse?

Avot 3:9

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What should be prioritized: wisdom or compassion?

Horayot 1:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

How up-to-date must you keep for compliance?

Zevachim 4:6

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What intentions are necessary to make a sacrifice valid?

Menahot 3:7

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

Is there partial credit for mitzvot?

Chullin 7:6

Jan 1, 2008

When did the mitzvot originate?

Bekhorot 4:4

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

Is a judge personally liable for his flawed decisions?

Arakhin 3:5

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

When is verbal assault considered worse than physical damage?

Temurah 4:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What happens to recovered property that had once been dedicated for a sacrifice?

Keritot 1:7

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What is the relationship between ritual practice and the marketplace?

Me’ilah 5:1

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

Is it a crime if you cause no damage?

Tamid 3:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

When did the morning sacrifice begin?

Middot 2:2

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

How can building design and building use reinforce religious values?

Kinim 3:6

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

The silver lining of aging and death

Ohalot 1:6

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

What criteria define death?

Kelim 5:7

Jan 1, 2008 By Daniel Nevins | Text Study

How does one purify an oven?

The Attention Seeking Bush

Dec 29, 2007 By David M. Ackerman | Commentary | Shemot

A recent collection of one-liners and witticisms entitled 1,003 Great Things About Being Jewishcontains a section called “What Passersby Said About the Burning Bush.”

Jealousy As a Test of Virtue

Dec 14, 2007 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Vayiggash

Gifts can make you crazy. Picking them is hard, and so is accepting them with grace.

Joseph the Righteous One

Dec 1, 2007 By David Hoffman | Commentary | Vayeshev

I have always been deeply curious as to why—of all the characters in the Torah—the Rabbis attributed to Joseph the appellation, “ha-Tzadik” (the righteous).