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.
Israel’s Future and the Coming Kingdom
Then powerful kings will rise over them, and they will be called priests of the Most High God. They will perform great impiety in the Holy of Holies. And a wanton king, who will not be of…
The Utility of a Parable
The rabbis say: Do not make light of the mashal [parable or illustrative fable]. For with the aid of a parable, one can understand the words of Torah. It is comparable to a king who lost a golden coin…
Yalta
And some say that this halakhah was taught in a baraita: Ten things were said with regard to a cup of blessing [the cup of wine over which Grace after Meals is recited]: It requires…
Mishnah Terumot
1. If a woman [who was married to a priest] was eating terumah [the priest’s portion], and they came and said to her, “Your husband is dead,” or “He divorced you”; or if a…
Mishnah Makhshirin
1:1. Any liquid that is desired at the start, even though it is not desired at the end, or, if it is desired at the end, even though it was not desired at the start, [it] comes under the law of if…
Bavli Gittin
[The mishnah taught that] Hillel [the Elder] instituted a document that prevents the sabbatical [year] from abrogating an outstanding debt [prosbul]. We learned [in a mishnah]: [if one prepares—Ed.] a…
Ruth Rabbah
21. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law (Ruth 1:14). All kisses are of licentiousness, except for three: A kiss of greatness, a kiss of [greeting after] absence, and a kiss of parting. A kiss of greatness…
Joseph
Now Jacob was settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan. This, then, is the line of Jacob:
At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended…
The Division of the Kingdom
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to acclaim him as king. Jeroboam son of Nebat learned of it while he was still in Egypt; for Jeroboam had fled from King Solomon, and had…
Artaxerxes Authorizes Ezra to Lead Another Group to Jerusalem
After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah son of Shallum son of Zadok son of Ahitub son of Amariah son of Azariah son of…
Building the Tabernacle
When Moses had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain. The Presence of the Lord abode on Mount Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days. On the seventh day He called to…
Justice and Judicial Procedures
You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. You shall…