Brandeis University has just issued Books Like Sapphires, written by Ann Brener, who highlights a selection of the books in ...

Rabbi Akiva and his students, one of whom was the famed Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi), are strongly associated with the days of Omer. According to legend, it was on Lag Ba’Omer that Rashbi left his ...

Every year between Tisha B’av and Rosh Hashanah, we read the Seven Haftarot of Consolation from Isaiah 40-61. The first begins “Comfort, oh comfort My people, says your God” (Isaiah 40:1 ...

“The Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger overflows with ruach hakodesh,” observed the Avnei Nezer. This week, I had the privilege of acquiring a first edition of this monumental work – a ...

The well-known dispute in Tractate Sanhedrin presents two opinions: Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiva. The debate centers on whether a single frog multiplied miraculously or if the Egyptians struck it ...