Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
A Penitential Prayer
Look upon us, our Lord.
We have not whither to turn our face,
but to You, for You are merciful.
We know that we have sinned
and we regret our sins.
Show clemency on us, our Lord,
and do not repay our…
Emulating the Divine
And R. Ḥama, son of R. Ḥanina, says, “What is [the meaning of that] which is written: After the Lord your God shall you walk, [and Him shall you fear, and His commandments shall you keep, and unto His…
A Rabbinic Scholarly Elite
It is the custom of the world that a thousand enter upon the study of Scripture, but [only] a hundred come forth [successfully]. Out of a hundred who [proceed] to the [study of] Mishnah, ten come…
The Thirty-Nine Acts of Labor Prohibited on the Sabbath
The primary labors are forty less one: sowing, plowing, reaping, binding sheaves, threshing, winnowing, selecting, grinding, sifting, kneading, baking, shearing wool, bleaching, hackling, dyeing…
Providing for the Poor
Happy is he who considers the poor (Psalm 41:2). R. Abba ben Jeremiah said in the name of R. Meir: This refers to one who crowns the good inclination over the evil inclination. Isi said: This refers…
Political Unrest on Shavuot
It was the subsequent arrival of Sabinus which gave the Jews a cause for revolution. [ . . . ] So when it was time for Pentecost (which is the name Jews give to the festival occurring seven weeks…
Mordecai’s Day and Nicanor’s Day
Then the man who was ever in body and soul the defender of his people, the man who maintained his youthful goodwill toward his compatriots, ordered them to cut off Nicanor’s head and arm and carry…
Jesus on Divorce
He left that place and went to the region of Judaea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
Some Pharisees came, and to test him…
Jewish Abstention from Pork
Question 5
Whether the Jews abstain from pork because of reverence or aversion for the pig
Speakers: Callistratus, Polycrates, Lamprias
1. When he had finished, and some of those present would have…
All Past Deeds Are Shown
God of faithfulness and without falsehood; [He is just and upright] (Deuteronomy 32:4).
God of faithfulness—Just as evil ones receive recompense in the world to come even for the small transgressions…
Loving Wisdom and Keeping Laws
[A]nd love of her is the keeping of her laws,
and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,
and immortality brings one near to God;
so the desire for wisdom leads to a…
The Cure for Worms
Aramaic
But one may eat yo‘ezer.
What is yo‘ezer? [It is] putnak. What is it eaten for? For arketa [worms]. With what is it eaten? With seven white dates. What does it come from? From…