Candle, Feather, Spoon: A Mystical Pre-Passover Ritual
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From seder plates and Passover treats to jumping frogs and Haggadahs, step up your seder game this year.
Shabbat Parah, Shabbat HaHodesh and Shabbat HaGadol.
The greatest Jewish prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Torah at Sinai, but he never entered the promised land.
In 2024, the first Passover seder is on Monday, April 22.
Tips for the overwhelmed, the last-minute and the lazy.
There are several ways to sell leavened products that you cannot dispose of before Passover.
In this Torah portion, God describes the purification ritual for people and homes afflicted with skin diseases. God also instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the laws of the emission of bodily fluids.
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Like toothpaste, derogatory speech cannot be returned to the tube.
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He who exacted payment.
The penny dropped.
The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.
My return to sacred space.
When we look at the dark future like God wrestlers, then even in the darkest moments, we can maintain a clear and piercing vision.
Asenath Barazani (also spelled Asnat or Osnat) led a yeshiva in 17th century Kurdistan.
The territories of the former Russian Empire were the cradle of Jewish modernity, the birthplace of Zionism and Jewish socialism, and a major center of the Hasidic movement.
From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.
The Jewish concept of a divinely ordained soulmate dates back at least to the Talmud.
Dreaming was a major source of prophetic insight in the Torah, but Jewish texts also betray a certain anxiety about dreaming.