From Redemption to Responsibility: Spiritual Introspection During the Omer
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From chuppah to glass-breaking, here’s what to expect at Jewish nuptials.
Counting the days from Passover to Shavuot.
Distinguishing between different types of Jewish prayers.
These are among Judaism’s most comforting words.
Jewish tradition teaches that music unlocks the door to divine connection.
In this Torah portion, God describes the laws surrounding resting the land and crops every seven years, as well as the Jubilee year every 50 years. God permits the use of slaves but provides stipulations including the obligation to eventually free your slaves.
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Why Shmita, the commandment to let Israel’s farmland rest every seven years, is relevant even for today’s urban Diaspora Jews.
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You break it, you buy it.
Let miggo.
Rented beast of burden.
The record of an ancient theft clues us in to the obscured role of Jewish priestesses.
Someday our current sorrows will be memories, woven into the tapestry of our shared destiny.
Living the Jewish calendar is to be bound by Jewish peoplehood and Jewish solidarity
Can a Jewish person receive a transplanted heart valve from a pig?
How to ensure the traditional Jewish wedding dance is a continuous stream of joy, and not a log jam.
The Jewish concept of a divinely ordained soulmate dates back at least to the Talmud.
Dreaming was a major source of prophetic insight in the Torah, but Jewish texts also betray a certain anxiety about dreaming.