Category: Science and Health

Today’s daf begins a new chapter of our tractate and a new series of questions about how to fulfill the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah, and it starts with the following mishnah: One who sleeps below the bed in a sukkah has not fulfilled their obligation to sleep in the sukkah. The Talmud never tells us why […]

The possible existence of aliens is one of the most intriguing subjects on the fringe of military and scientific communities, and has become more mainstream in recent years. But now, a groundbreaking new scientific initiative is creating a unified telescope network to see if mankind is truly alone in the universe. Dubbed the Galileo Project, […]

In a breakthrough for cardiology in Israel, doctors repaired a heart defect in a 38-year-old woman at Shaare Zedek Medical Center without implanting a foreign object in her body. The defect was corrected on Sunday with a stitch, and without putting the patient under full anesthesia, the hospital reported. The procedure, the first done in […]

Today, the Gemara asks: Why do I need all of these? No, the Gemara is not downsizing and looking to rid itself of sweaters that it hasn’t worn in three years. Rather, it’s asking about a mishnah that teaches that s’chach (roofing materials) that would normally render a sukkah invalid are fine if they are located at the outer edge of the […]

Those of us who are into interior design hang all sorts of things in our living spaces to personalize them. We hang pictures on our walls. We hang curtains in our windows. We hang plants in our windows and on our patios. Today’s daf asks about hanging something else — the wall itself! Most of […]

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Building a sukkah from scratch is a great deal of work. What if you could use something you already have — like your house? It turns out that although the sukkah must be a temporary structure, and it must be intentionally prepared in the days leading up to the holiday, you can use your house as part of that […]

Delayed treatment of heart attack patients in the first months of the coronavirus crisis led to a 65% increase in negative outcomes ranging from malignant arrhythmia, congestive heart failure or even death compared to the same period in 2018, according to a study published this month by a top doctor from Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. […]

The Jews of Jamaica make up a small but vibrant religious community centered today in the capital of Kingston. While the core of the community traces its ancestry to the Iberian peninsula, and the Jewish exodus that began in the late 15th century, Jamaican Jews today come from Poland, France, Italy, Africa, Israel, Turkey, and […]