Rabbi Jeff Fox3 days agoIntroduction to Birkot ha-Schachar part 2In our last essay , we unpacked a debate between Ramban and Rambam about how to understand Birkot ha-Shachar. Are those brakhot like a...
Rabbi Jeff Fox3 days agoIntroduction to Birkot ha-Schachar part 1The adanim were sockets that held together the structure of the mishkan . Without having them in place, the physical building simply...
Rabbi Jeff FoxOct 15Permanence and Fragility on Sukkot—Does My Sukkah Need a Mezuzah?The Architecture of the Sukkah Is the physical sukkah meant to be built like a permanent house or a flimsy tent? Is the experience of...
Rabbi Jeff FoxSep 29Interpersonal TeshuvaTeshuva as a Paradigm for the Interaction of Heart and Mind There is perhaps no area of Jewish Law or Jewish life where we experience the...
Rabbi Jeff FoxSep 28Introduction to the Halakha v'Agadda SeriesIn the first quarter of the twentieth century, two great Jewish thinkers wrote essays with the same title, “ Halakha v’Agadda ,” or Law...