Talmud

Clinton-era email suggests Talmudic defense in Lewinsky affair

An email passed around the Clinton White House in 1999 argued that under Talmudic law President Bill Clinton’s infamous encounter with intern Monica Lewinsky did not constitute adultery.

October 12, 2014 5:14 pm

A New, Digital Wonderland of Jewish Text

Imagine a digital wonderland where every Jewish text is available free and open-source, where the extraordinary expanse of our texts are waiting to be combed, prodded, and commented upon by interested parties the world over. Good news: this exists. Started by writer Joshua Foer and techie Brett Lockspeiser—two Jews with a passion for text—Sefaria takes the Jews’ bookish legacy […]

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What’s In God’s Tefillin?

Tefillin, or phylacteries, are the black leather straps and boxes that are worn on the head and on the arm during weekday morning prayers. Madonna puts them on with her teeth. Barbie has a pair. Once on a plane they were mistaken for a bomb. But tefillin have an even greater claim to fame: even God has a pair. According […]

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