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Benedict Roth
Benedict Roth is an informal educator who studied Hebrew at Oxford and Talmud at the Pardes Institute.
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For a consensus on rabbas, learn halachah
In the words of the late Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, ‘When all else fails, read the instructions’.
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Perform a Purim mitzvah
Gathering in shul may be allowed, but the responsible position is to stay home, argues Benedict Roth
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In the eyes of the Torah, we are all the children of immigrants
The tension between narrower and more universal interpretation of the Torah is highlighted by a well-known verse in this week's sidrah
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Who did God cry out for at the Crossing of the Red Sea - the Egyptians or the Israelites?
Rabbinic reaction to the concluding events of Pesach expose a tension between particularism and universalism
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On Shavuot let's celebrate the spirit of rabbinic innovation
While some may argue the 'new is forbidden', rabbis have always been creative in their application of Torah
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Purim - the festival that embraces the feminist voice in tradition
Why it is fitting that International Women's Day falls close to Purim
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Orthodox women could enjoy greater equality if rabbis were ready to pursue it
A new book takes a fresh look at rabbinic sources on women's prayer
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Women should be able to carry the Torah, too
The legacy of ancient debates over whether women should study Torah remains with us today
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Don't shun frum feminists
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The warning that the Torah gives over Israel
The Greater Israel movement that has driven Jewish settlements overlooks a key message of the sabbatical year
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The fateful rejection behind Haman's hate
The rabbis made a surprising link between the children of Israel and their Amalekite arch-enemies, the ancestors of Haman
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How slavery caused the Temple's loss
The Talmud offers a disturbing explanation for the tragedy of Tishah b’Av
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How the Talmud's idea of equality got lost
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