HAKIRAH VOLUME 35

Letters to the Editor

JEWISH THOUGHT

Halakhic Man in Gaza
David P. Goldman

Same-Sex-Attraction and the Responsibility of the Community
Asher Benzion Buchman
TORAH AND SCIENCE

Jewish Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and Synthetic Biology

Yitzhak Grossman

 

Ramban’s Anatomic Description of the Visual Pathway for the Placement of Tefillin of the Head

Gary Lelonek and Yosef Arnall

HALAKHAH

The Use of Hearing Aids on Shabbos and Yom Tov: Issues Relating to Changing Batteries and Recharging
Asher Bush
TALMUD TORAH
Talmud Oversimplified? A Partial Review of Talmud Reclaimed: An Ancient Text in the Modern Era
Eliyahu Krakowski

Targum D-Rabbanan: On the Commentators’ Onqelos
Aviva Farkas

 

Understanding Unicorns in Talmudic Literature through the Lens of the Night Sky

Ari Storch

 

Geulah: Calculating the Ketz

Steven Oppenheimer

HISTORY OF THE SEFER

Yalkut Re’uveni: Abraham Reuben ben Hoeshke’s Popular Kabbalistic Midrashic Collection

Marvin J. Heller

 

Dr. Philip Birnbaum’s Forgotten Ḥumash

Yosef Lindell

 

Hebrew Calendar

History (or Prehistory) of the Jewish Calendar During the Talmudic Period

 J. Jean Ajdler

The Enduring Usefulness of the Tur’s 247-Year Calendar Cycle (Iggul of Rabbi Nachshon)

Dov Fischer

Minhag

Pour Out Your Wrath or Your Love? Establishing the Authentic Text and Message of the Haggadah

Shmuel Lesher

The Origin and Development of Schlissel Ḥallah

Zvi Ron

Dedications to Sender Epstein

Asher Benzion Buchman

Bernard Fryshman

Avraham Nesanel Zucker

Sender Epstein’s first Ḥakirah Article

Tribute to Sam Reiser

The Reiser Family