Noted Prague rabbi was accused of being a follower of false messiah Shabbetai Zevi.

This portion calls on us to make clean water a focal point of our action and advocacy.

Because asking for forgiveness is a holy act.

These two Torah portions describe in hyper-focused detail a spectrum of infections and the spiritual methods of remedying them.

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.

Beta Israel women in Ethiopian villages were inactive in public and were in charge of the domestic sphere.

This 16th-century text by Joseph Caro is the ultimate code of Jewish law.

On Tisha B’Av, Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple. But how much do you know about what it was really like?

Rabbinic commentators interpreted the law of leaving the corners of one's field for those in need in light of their own concerns about the poor.

One strike and you're out.