Der Pintele Yid the evolution of the term and concept (Kotzk blog 473)

EXPANDING ON RABBINIC DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TITLES AND TEXTS OF THE PSALMS.

Tzafnat Paneach a counter Rashi commentary (Kotzk Blog: 471)

This article examines Jewish messianism during the nineteenth century.https://www.kotzkblog.com/2024/05/470-nineteenth-century-jewish-messianism.html

Examining an unknown manuscript of the Zohar (Kotzk Blog 469)

The implications of common textual layering within the Zohar (KotzkBlog: 468)

Separating the text from the context: an early Chassidic approach to Torah study

Did R. Chaim of Volozhin intentionally alter the image of the Vilna Gaon?

Jews from Turkey and some Syrian communities have the unusual practice of waving to one another just prior to reciting the silent Amidah prayer. This ancient custom was first described in writing in the 17th century, and although many mystical and technic

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was a fiercely independent thinker, and one of the leading figures of the emerging Religious Zionist movement in pre-State Mandatory Palestine. He held "unorthodox" views that were condemned by the religious world in h