Ein Yaakov

Ein Yaakov is a collection of stories, parables, and exegeses, especially treasured by those who lacked the schooling to learn the more difficult parts of the Talmud.

What actually counts as living a meaningful Jewish life? Is it doing the right things consistently? Helping others? Praying harder? Learning more? In this four-part course, you’ll step into a series of Talmudic stories whose depth goes far beyond the page...

Everyone inherits something. Not everyone adds to it. In two stories from Tractate Chagigah, students engage with the same mystical wisdom and trigger miraculous reactions, yet one earns dramatically more praise than the other. This lesson explores why, e...

Does doing everything right mean you've done enough? Two of the greatest sages look back on lives filled with Torah, impact, and devotion, yet both find themselves questioning what awaits them in the world to come. This lesson unpacks two stories from the...

What gives you the right to ask G-d for more than what you're given? During a severe drought, a sage pushes for rain, but when it finally comes, it doesn't come properly. Too little, then too much, until it becomes unlivable. Each time, he goes back and d...

What if the way you judge other people says less about them and more about you? A rabbi spent his entire life treating his criminal neighbors with kindness, but they only changed after he died. Was there a flaw in his approach, or was something on their e...