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Taking Challah
A mitzvah that sets the braided bread apart. More >
Steps to the Seder
The fourteen steps to making a Passover seder, from the wining to the dining. More >
Savory Hamantaschen
Beyond poppyseed, these triangles are a salty, cheesy delight. More >
Hermeneutics (Drash)
A method for learning Torah, developed by the rabbis of the Talmud. More >
Ordination (Semihah)
How does a rabbi become a rabbi? More >
Compassion
Compassion is fellow feeling, the emotion of caring concern; in post-biblical Hebrew rahamanut, interestingly from the word rehem, 'womb', originating in the idea of either motherly love or sibling love (coming from the same womb) More >
Electricity on Shabbat
Why did the rabbis forbid electricity to be used on Shabbat? That wasn't in the Torah! More >
Hunting
Eating meat is permitted. But is hunting for sport? More >
Environmental Awareness
Rejuvenating Ourselves and Our Planet More >
Incense
The smells of the Temple in Jerusalem. More >
