On this day 100 years ago, the Hebrew University was formally inaugurated on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The event opened with an invocation delivered by Rav Kook. His courageous message minced no words about his true feelings regarding the Hebrew University and its place in the life of a revitalized Jewish yishuv in the Land of Israel. Revisit Shnayer Z. Leiman’s presentation of that speech in our “From the Pages of Tradition” column (Fall 1994).

The vagaries of the Jewish lunar calendar are such that erev Pesach coincides with Shabbat infrequently and with an irregular pattern. This year 5785 (2025) is one such occasion, giving rise to sundry halakhic complications. In advance of the alignment of Pesach following Shabbat in 1974 for the first time in two decades, Rabbi J. David Bleich offered guidance to our readers in his “Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature” column. Revisit the article and download his updated guide published for this year.

Tomorrow (March 26), the Jewish world marks Sarah Schenirer’s 90th yahrzeit. Sample relevant content in the TRADITION Archives which shows how the Bais Yaakov movement's revolutionary achievements were how they rewrote the script for Jewish girlhood, and prescribed that Orthodox primary education, including in Torah studies, was to be the standard experience.