When the Temple stood, the omer offering, made on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan), is what ...

The joy of Purim is preceded by solemnity.

The Jericho loophole.

Tractate Menachot, like many tractates of the Talmud, did not open with an overview of meal offerings. Instead, it jumped ...

A Purim story

Drinking should enhance the celebration; it should not be dangerous.

Sure, technology can do it faster, but this is an art form worth preserving.

Half and half.

In the Book of Genesis, when God announced the imminent destruction of the wicked city of Sodom, Abraham famously argued ...

How one Barbie led to a lifetime commitment to birthday celebrations.