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What is Birkat Hamazon, or Benching?

All about the grace after meals.

Bedtime Shema

Asking God for peace and protection in this evening prayer.

Tachanun

Confessing your sins every day, twice a day, for the rest of your life.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Making of Modern Hebrew

The Lithuania-born visionary turned an ancient language into a spoken one.

The Book of Proverbs

This section of the Bible includes a feminine depiction of wisdom and the text of the "Eshet Chayil" blessing.

Why Joshua?

Here are numerous reasons for choosing Joshua as the haftarah for Simchat Torah.

Joshua & His Time

A short biography.

Jewish Adoption in America

Ancient laws and modernity are brought together with the embrace of adoption in the Jewish community.

Conversion in Israel: An Arduous Journey

Jumping through hoops may look easy to this observant couple who sought an Orthodox conversion in Israel.

Gay and Lesbian Adoption

With more gays and lesbians starting families, same-sex Jewish couples are faced with myriad challenges.

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