Dovid Bashevkin

Dovid Bashevkin is the Director of Education at NCSY and author of Sin·a·gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought. He is the founder of 18Forty, a media site exploring big Jewish questions. His Twitter feed is @DBashIdeas.

The Law of the Land
In Tractate Sanhedrin, the Talmud strikes us a gorgeous and affirming balance between society and individual needs
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Sea of Love
In Tractate Bava Batra, the Talmud gives us wild nautical stories to remind us that life is like a wave, no less powerful and awe-inspiring for being all too short
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Bookends
In Tractate Bava Metzia, the Talmud emerges as the Jewish people’s timeless sanctuary
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Sweating the Small Stuff
In Tractate Bava Kama, the Talmud teaches us how to be religious by minding life’s most mundane details
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You Can’t Hurry Love
In Tractate Kiddushin, the Talmud reminds us that in love—as in life—inspiration follows preparation
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Gett in Shape
In the discourse about divorce in Tractate Gittin, the Talmud gives us closure when love expires
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Faith After Faith
In Tractate Sotah, the Talmud gives us a master class in how to restore trust
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By a Hair
In Tractate Nazir, the Talmud teaches us about beauty, transcendence, and other human frailties
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Words Apart
In Tractate Nedarim, the Talmud teaches us that what we say really, really matters
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
In Tractate Ketubot, the Talmud gives us a master class in everlasting love
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Family Ties
In Tractate Yevamot, the Talmud teaches us that being Jewish is about much more than religion
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Feeling Seen
In Tractate Chagigah, the Talmud teaches us to prize experience, not information
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Passing Through
In Tractate Moed Katan, the Talmud teaches us the only life lesson we need
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Letter Perfect
In Tractate Megillah, the Talmud sends us a very personal note on faith
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Crisis Management
In Tractate Taanit, the Talmud teaches us how to get going when the going gets tough
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The Time Machine
In Tractate Rosh Hashanah, the Talmud takes the time to explain, well, time
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Have a Nice Day
In Tractate Beitzah, the Talmud answers a central question of human life: What makes a day good?
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Why Sukkot Is the Holiday You Need Right Now
It’s a perfect holiday for a messed-up, broken-down kind of moment in time
byDovid Bashevkin