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    To Flog or Not to Flog

    Which sinners are to taste the lash, how many strokes of it, in what circumstances, with what intention, and as just punishment in which cases, and with what exceptions: As always, the Talmud leaves no contingency unaccounted for

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Accident or Crime?

    How studying Torah could kill a child, and other lessons in involuntary manslaughter from this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Simchat Torah decorations
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    How Did Simchat Torah Get So Popular?

    The festive holiday now overshadows Shemini Atzeret, which has biblical roots

    byShlomo M. Brody
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Shutterstock)
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    What the Talmud Would Say About the Pew Survey of American Jews: Stop Counting

    An ancient principle of Judaism, debated at length in the Oral Law, is that it is a sin to count Jews—or is it?

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Barney Frank leaving a town-hall meeting on health-care reform this week.(Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
    Barney Frank leaving a town-hall meeting on health-care reform this week.(Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
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    Brothers’ Keepers

    A Torah portion of speaking up and standing out

    byLiel Leibovitz
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