R. Gershom "Light of the Diaspora"

If we were to turn back the pages of our history a thousand years, and go back to the city of Metz, in France, we would find living there the greatest scholar of that generation - Rabbenu Gershom 'Meor Hagolah' -"Light of the Exile." Rabbenu Gershom's tea...

Known as the "Light of the Diaspora,” he was the first major leader of Ashkenazi Jewry.

Interestingly, I’ve never encountered an episode in the Talmud that involves a polygamous family.

Overview of the major Ashkenazi rishonim.

The predictable stereotypes involving Jews and money are popping up all over: that Jewish tradition allows dishonesty as long as people live otherwise pious lives. Nothing could be further from the truth...