April 27, 2026
Talmud Torah and the Good Life: Between Work, Play, and the Pursuit of Meaning
What is the right balance between work, play, and the pursuit of meaning? Between individual excellence, family, and community? These questions are distinctly acute under contemporary economic and cultural conditions, but they are also ancient questions. In this two-part series we will analyze the rabbinic construction of the mitzvah of Torah study as an effort to shape a wholesome and worthwhile human life in face of life’s manifold pressures.
