A guide for bar/bat mitzvah guests and other newcomers to Sabbath worship.

Creating a tallit (prayer shawl) or designing a bar/bat mitzvah invitation can add a meaningful personal dimension to the celebration.

From challah covers to yahrzeit candles, what they are used for, how they look and where you can find them.

As girls have become the educational equals of boys in Orthodox Judaism, rabbis need to explore halakhah to create a normative bat mitzvah ceremony.

Why do some people tuck them in, and others let them hang free?

In the fortunate cases it is the grandparents, often it is the parents, and sometimes even a sibling who stands ...

A healing ritual for victims of sexual, physical or psychological abuse.

I went shopping for a new tallit (prayer shawl) at two competing Boston Judaica shops last week. In both stores I ...

Gazing on the fringe.

Yesterday in the office, I brought up a question I have had since my Bar Mitzvah, but thought I was ...