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Question: Do We Light a Memorial Candle on Yom Kippur? I know they are lit on the anniversary (yahrtzeit) of ...

The Jewish practice of blessing natural phenomena awakens us to the fact that the earth is a wonder, a witness, and a spiritual mystery.

The Hasidic prayer practice of hitbodedut — talking to God freely in one's native tongue — helps to build intimacy over time.

A prayer for the eleven Jews massacred on October 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue.

The real message of the story we read on Yom Kippur isn't about the power of repentance, but about taking responsibility for others.

We humans come factory-equipped with latent godly qualities and the capacity to actualize them through our words and actions. 

Chanting brings the sacred phrases of Jewish tradition alive.

"Truly, you are where your mind is,” taught the Baal Shem Tov.

Judaism teaches that each of us is endowed with creative capacity simply by being human.

All of Jewish practice is a response to the fact that we are spiritual beings housed for a limited time in physical bodies.