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Letters to the Editor

JEWISH THOUGHT

Evolutionary Ethics: The Ta‘amei Ha-Mitzvot of Rav Kook
Don Seeman

Attitudes toward the Study of Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalah, from the Dawn of Chasidism to Present Day Chabad
Chaim Miller

JEWISH LAW

A Categorization of Errors Encountered in the Study of Zemanim
William Gewirtz

Asking a Child to do a Melachah on Shabbat
Ari Z. Zivotofsky

Are Converts to Judaism Required to Immerse Their Utensils after Conversion?
Michael J. Broyde

TANAKH
Ibn Ezra’s Interpretation of the Garden of Eden: Reality, Allegory, or a Combination of the Two?
H. Norman Strickman

Did ArtScroll Censor Rashi?
Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg

From the Monarchy of David to the Children of Israel: A Comparative Study of Family Values and Legacy
Ricky Novick and Joseph Tawil

TALMUD TORAH

A Halachah in Mishneh Torah
Asher Benzion Buchman

Kaddish de-Sidra: Virtual Kaddish Embedded in Our Daily Prayers
Heshey Zelcer

HISTORY OF HALAKHAH

Conditional Marriage to Prevent Suffering: Rav Yehudah Amital’s Approach
Sara Weinstein and Bernard L. Weinstein

‘Till Death Do Us Part: The Halachic Prospects of Marriage for Conjoined (Siamese) Twins
Reuven Chaim Klein

HISTORY

Jewish Opposition to the Ancient Gladiatorial Games
Stewart Rubin

COMMUNITY

Hormonal Intervention for the Prevention of Chupat Niddah
Deena R. Zimmerman

MINHAG

The Bedikat Ḥametz Kit: Wax Candle, Wooden Spoon, and Feather
Zvi Ron


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