Laws & Rules

A legal scholar makes the argument that current American ethical codes actually contribute to a lack of ethics in the legal profession. He then offers the Jewish system of Talmudic ethics as a model for improvement.

Does it really matter if we follow the mitzvahs exactly as G-d gave them?

Is there tension between spirituality and law? At first glance, it may seem difficult to reconcile the mystical and legalistic traditions within Judaism as represented by kabbalistic and Talmudic texts respectively. Professor Sandman offers an integrated ...

In 1973, Mr. David Stauber accompanied his wife and father-in-law to an audience with the Rebbe. Although he thought he had no personal interest in the meeting, he came out a new Jew.

The "transitive property" states that whenever A > B and B > C, then A > C. Does Jewish law always uphold "transitivity" or does it allow for a "nontransitive cycles" as well?