From challah covers to yahrzeit candles, what they are used for, how they look and where you can find them.

Biblical and rabbinic sources emphasize regulation to prevent the weak from being exploited by the strong.

Capital punishment: allowed in the Torah and Talmud, but rarely carried out by Jewish courts.

Jewish approaches to medical decision-making for the terminally ill.

For many Jews, the Torah's authority does not derive from being a divine document.