Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny

Practical, talmudic and mystical reasons to eat cheesecake on Shavuot. (Plus it’s delicious.)

Why does this haggadah passage call for revenge? 

The perfect symbol of the two-sided, both/and, hidden/revealed quality of the season.

Devotion implies contribution — and care.

This Sunday psalm is also recited during weekday Torah services.

The mystics saw the days following Yom Kippur as a period when the crowning heights of the Day of Atonement descend to the earthly realm.

Of the five biblical books identified as megillot (scrolls), why is only Esther read from an actual one?

In the Jewish mystical tradition, this time of year calls for examining how we perceive things.

Why do we tap the mezuzah first and then kiss our hands?

Biblical practices around childbirth and the affliction known as tzara'at bear a striking resemblance to grief.