Orthoprax

"Our Rabbis taught: When R. Eleazar b. Perata and R. Hanina b. Teradion were arrested, R. Eleazar b. Perata said to R. Hanina b. Teradi...

I've been reading John Stuart Mill, the great English philosopher, proponent of Utilitarianism, as of late and I found one of his essays...

" Hillel the Elder is often credited as having been the inventor of the "sandwich" in the 1st century B.C.E. well over a tho...

No, I'm not talking about America but Kafiristan - yes, believe it or not, it's a real place. And ironically it's in Afghanist...

Wow, I hadn't realized Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm was such an existentialist . It's very interesting to me how his paper follows so many ...

To Ben Avuyah on the matter of the equivalence of all faith claims: "Of course, people can claim they have faith in God's overwhel...

This is a response to Michelle's problem with regard to her understanding spiritual development to be the primary concern in life, spec...

(As seen on XGH's blog as a recent comment:) I tend to look at 'hashgacha pratis' in the sense that if Jews, as a community, adh...

As of late I've been reflecting a bit on the fortunes of Jewish history and how the story of Purim is meant to be a commentary. My commo...

Someone on TFSG brought up the question of whether the ancient Egyptian government could have conspired in such a way to destroy the evidenc...