Not embarrassing or humiliating those we give tzedakah is primely important in the Torah and the Talmud. Deuteronomy 15:10 cautions, “Your heart shall not be grieved God is beside him.” ...

There is something strange and unexplained about Tzedakah ... All of these are nice guesses, and some are very appealing, but I am still wondering why in the 20 volumes of my huge Talmud, ...

There is a folk saying in the Talmud: “Tzedakah saves one from death.” I always thought of it as wishful thinking or superstition. But now I know it is true. My husband, Richard Siegel, died ...

It is not mentioned in the Talmud’s brief discussion of the origins of birkat hamazon (Brakhot 48b), and it appears for the first time in the medieval Mahzor Vitri (83).

Rabbi Velvel Belinsky says that making the Jerusalem Talmud more accessible is a good thing because the Messiah is coming. Photo by Shmulitk/iStockPhoto. By Rudy Malcom December 14, 2021.

Jewish Arts Collaborative’s “Be the Change” challenges artists to be “artivists,” as Laura Mandel, JArts’s executive director, puts it in a video, and to use public art to raise ...

The Talmud, the book of Jewish law, is one of the most challenging religious texts in the world - so why are more people reading it than ever? BBC Homepage Skip to content ...

Beginner and intermediate Talmud courses are back on the course schedule for undergraduate students at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, after an uproar over their cancellation.

After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule.