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ChavrutAI Talmud Web App Launch: Review and Comparison with Similar Platforms

I’m excited to announce the live and fully-featured ChavrutAI Talmud Web App!

Aug 5, 2025

Jul 28, 2023

Pt1 Excerpt from my recently published monograph 'Know What Not to Answer: A Systematic Critique of Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky’s Lecture Series…

Excerpts discussing - Who Gave the Talmud Authority?: Tradition vs. History

May 11, 2025

Beyond the Mystique: Correcting Common Misconceptions About the Talmud, and Pathways to Accessibility

I recently read two notable popular article-length introductions to the Talmud.

Apr 25, 2025

Two Years of Talmud & Tech: A Retrospective on My Approach and Methods, and an 'Interview' with an AI Academic Talmud Scholar

Intro Intro to Part 1: Two Years of Talmud and Tech: A Retrospective on My Approach and Methods

May 18, 2025

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Large Numbers (≥100) in the Talmud: A Data Analysis

The Talmud, a vast collection of Jewish law and commentary spanning 5,000+ pages, contains extensive numerical references.

Published on Talmud & Tech • 8 hrs ago

Pt2 Hallel: Scope, Significance, and Related Aggadic Teachings (Pesachim 118a-b)

Appendix - God’s Historical Collaboration with the Sea: from the Splitting of the Sea in Egypt to the Battle of Sisera (Pesachim 118b)

Published on Talmud & Tech • Apr 5

Pt2 Expressions of praise in the Book of Psalms and the Origin of the Hallel Prayer (Pesachim 117a)

In honor of the upcoming Passover holiday.

Published on Talmud & Tech • Apr 3

From Moshe to Pharaoh: A Parodical Passover Prosopographic Survey of Exodus Naming Conventions

On the occasion of April Fools day, and the upcoming holiday of Passover.

Apr 1

Searching for Leaven with Lamps: Symbolism and Function in Bedikat Ḥametz (Pesachim 7b-8a)

Appendices: Shedding Light - Analysis of the Hebrew term for “lamp” (נר - “ner”); Eating and Appetite on Passover Eve (Pesachim 107b-108a)

Published on Talmud & Tech • Mar 31

Pt3 ‘Leḥem Oni’ vs. Luxury: ‘The Bread of Affliction’ and the Halakhic Boundaries of Passover Matza (Pesachim 35b-37b)

This is the third and final part of a three-part series.

Published on Talmud & Tech • Mar 30

Crowds, Crushes, and Censuses: Talmudic Historical Anecdotes of The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Passover in the Late Second Temple Period…

Historical Incident: “The Crushed Passover”; Census by King Agrippa

Published on Talmud & Tech • Mar 29

Pharaoh’s Daughter Rescuing Moses in Exodus 2:6-9 (Sotah 12b)

This is the final installment of a series in honor of the upcoming holiday of Passover on the extended sugya in Sotah 11a-12b on the beginning of the…

Published on Talmud & Tech • Mar 27

Pt2 Creation, Exile, and Redemption: Daily Psalms Sung by the Levites in the Temple, and the Journeys of the Shekhina and the Sanhedrin…

This is the second and final part of a two-part series.

Mar 26

Pt1 Creation, Exile, and Redemption: Daily Psalms Sung by the Levites in the Temple, and the Journeys of the Shekhina and the Sanhedrin…

This is the first part of a two-part series.

Mar 25

Pt2 Tu Be-Av as Turning Point: Inter-Tribal Marriage, the End of Wilderness Death, National Memory, and the Division of the Land (Bava Batra…

This is the second and final part of a two-part series.

Mar 24

Pt1 Tu Be-Av as Turning Point: Inter-Tribal Marriage, the End of Wilderness Death, National Memory, and the Division of the Land (Bava Batra…

This is the first part of a two-part series.

Mar 23