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.
Confession
“Meanwhile months and years disappeared. At twenty-eight I was still without a husband, still an eligible virgin . . . It was spring—free, warm. My heart ached so, I thought I’d go crazy . . . the…
Bavli Bava Meẓi‘a
Until when is he [the defrauded party who has been given a worn coin] permitted to retract [the transaction and return the coin]? In towns, until he can show [the coin] to a money…
R. Ḥisda’s Daughter
[And in] what [way was prophecy given] to children? [It was] like this [incident involving the] daughter of Rav Ḥisda, [who when she was a child] was sitting on her father’s lap. […
Honor and Authority in the Jerusalem Talmud
In y. Bikkurim 3:3, 65c–d and y. Horayot 3:9, 48c, the rabbis reshape Roman customs of honor, redirecting respect from rulers to Torah and the sages who embody its wisdom.
Lifelong Torah Learning
Mishnah Avot 5:22 defines a lifetime of Torah study, linking each stage of life to learning and making study the essence of Jewish living.
Rescuing Sacred Writings
All sacred writings may be saved from a fire, whether we read from them or not [on the Sabbath]. And even if they are written in any language, they must be stored. And why do we not…
Jesus Travels to the Temple
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord,…
The Priestly Vestments
Those of priestly descent who could not officiate because of some physical defect were still allowed within the parapet along with their unblemished colleagues, and received the benefits to which they…
A Christian Response to Julian’s Efforts
He [Julian] was daily growing more infuriated against us, as though raising up waves by other waves. First he went mad and trampled on holy things, acting contemptuously toward the spirit of grace. It…
Treating the Synagogue as Part of the Temple
It happened in the days of R. Ḥalafta and R. Ḥananiah ben Teradyon that a man passed before the ark [as shaliaḥ tsibur] and completed the entire benediction, and they did not respond, “Amen.” [The ḥaz…
Hymn to the Creator
Great and Holy are you, Yhwh,
the Most Holy from generation to generation.
In front of him walks glory
and behind him the din of many waters.
Kindness and truth are around his face,
truth, uprig…
Christian Prayer Sequence Modeled on the Rabbinic Tefillah
Our eternal Savior:
the King of the gods,
who alone is Almighty and Lord,
the God of all…