Evergreen

“May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe” (Genesis 48:20). Parents routinely offer this blessing on Shabbat at the Friday night dinner ...

Did he actually hear her?

Silence is assent.

Jewish learning is more accessible than ever — but will people take the time to pursue it?

The chicken and the egg.

Ratified — no! — nullified.

Heard it through the grapevine.

Canceled.

Taste that soup.

Oaths and consequences.