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Why Does Torah Mandate Loan Amnesty Every Seven Years?

Wouldn’t this commandment make people hesitant to lend, knowing that the debtor could just run out the clock?

By Yehuda Shurpin

I Have a Weird Fear of Death

Should I try not to fulfill my mission so I can live, or do good deeds and die?

By Aron Moss

Shemitah: A Deeper Look

Who could say, “No thank you, I don’t want to plug into the full meaning of the universe”?

By Yehudit Leah Feld

Why Does G-d Send Us False Prophets?

Why would G-d need to send a prophet to test us and find out what He surely already knows?

By Aharon Loschak

Why Was the Holy Temple Built on a Slope?

The Tabernacle with which the Israelites sojourned through the desert was entirely level, why would the Temple in Jerusalem need to be different?

By Yossi Ives