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Jewish authorities have much to say about using, and abusing, this substance.

The rabbis developed an elaborate system of tithing produce, mostly to provide livelihood for priests and Levites.

The great sages of the Mishnah and Talmud.

Rabbinic conventions can--following specific guidelines--amend Jewish law.

Throughout history Jews have accepted some influences of outside religions and cultures, and rejected others.

Jewish literature is rife with allegory and metaphor.

Also known as shuckling, this movement is particularly common in Hasidic worship.

Sufi ideas found their way into Jewish mystical literature through Bahya Ibn Pakudah and the Kabbalist Isaac of Acre.

This Jewish thinker and Reconstructionist leader asked: Does belief in God make sense?

Read during the week of Passover, this biblical text is an unabashedly sensuous paean to love.