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Incantations, Spells and Adjurations
Some traditional Jewish sources indicate belief in the efficacy of spells.
Eat Normal Food
We’re closing in on the end of this godforsaken holiday (har!) and I can practically taste the pizza I’ll be ...
Everything Wrong With the Bagel Challenge on The Great British Baking Show
An affront to good bagels everywhere.
The Smell of Joy
We grow in our humanity and deepen our spiritual sense by building our capacity for true and enduring joy.
Beliefs & Practices, Israel, Study
What About the Land?
Early rabbinic literature does not devote much attention to the uniqueness of the Land of Israel.
The Maternity Leave Mitzvah
The details may vary from patient to patient, but the scenario is usually the same. A mother and newborn baby ...
Celebrate, Passover, Rabbis Without Borders
Tzom Bechorot: Why I’m Fasting Before Passover
April 3, 2015, is Tzom Bechorot, Fast of the Firstborn when first-born Jews fast before the first seder of Passover. This day also ...
Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Women & Feminism
We Shall Overcome Someday!
We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...
Tenaim: The Conditions of Marriage
Contemporary couples are reinterpreting an old ceremony that set the financial and logistical arrangements for an upcoming marriage