Rabbi Zecharyah Goldman
Thinking About Gay Marriage: Some Rabbinical Observations
Rabbi Goldman takes on a controversial issue by exploring several different perspectives of the problem. Read More >>
Moral Assumptions: The Enigma of the Sexual Prohibitions
Why does the Talmud teach that the sin of dishonest weights and measures is worse than the sin of sexual transgression? Read More >>
Misery Loves Company: The Untold Story of the Custom of Kitniyot
Rabbi Goldman explores the Passover tradition of abstaining from food considered “Kitniyot” during Passover — why abstain, and why not. Read More >>
Relativity, Individuality & Autonomy in Halakha
To what extent is Halakha relativistic? Foster individuality and autonomy? Rabbi Goldman looks at Talmudic precedents with an eye to contemporary relevance. Read More >>
Contemporary Religious Insanity
The insightful Talmudic sages developed the notion of how an otherwise normal person can act in a religiously insane manner. Lessons for today’s world as well. Read More >>
Contrarian Rabbinic and Hassidic Teachings on Sin
It may come as a surprise to students of Judaism that Classical and Hassidic rabbis held a more nuanced and complex attitude towards sin than evinced in Biblical literature… Read More >>
Tikkun Olam: From Babylonia to Boulder
Rabbi Goldman devotes his first BJN post to discussing classical vs. contemporary examples of Tikkun Olam, and explores how the one underpins the other. Read More >>
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