Recently, I received an inquiry from someone who was researching transgender issues in halacha. The first thing I told them, before suggesting some sources, was that this issue is far above my pay grade. I am not qualified to comment on the permissibility of any course of action, and I can make no recommendations. All […]

During the maggid portion of the haggadah, we recite Rabban Gamliel’s tripartite obligation of retelling our redemption from Egypt. Rabban Gamliel says one must refer to three symbolic elements of the seder: pesach, matzah, and maror. Pesach, as represented by the zeroa [shankbone], refers to the korban pesach [paschal lamb] that the Jews sacrificed in […]

Deju vu! Here we go again, just when we are starting to breathe again, there’s another new variant on the loose and it feels like we’re back where we were last year. Covid cases are rising rapidly. There’s talk of further restrictions. Borders are closing. There’s a meme going around that 2022 is really 2020, […]