How traditional Jewish women prepare for monthly mikveh use.

Although the Bible frowns upon magical healing practices, a clear distinction between medicine and magical healing developed only gradually.

The Bible sees folk healing as idolatrous.

Although the central ritual of this festival is the home seder, there are a number of rituals that are observed within the wider community.

Red heifer babies.

Shavuot is not just the culmination of Passover, but also its subversion.

The marriage of politics and religion contributed to both the expansion and destruction of this short-lived dynasty.

The earliest phase of mourning, aninut, which occurs between death and burial, applies to immediate family members.

The Torah law about the red heifer was given because it anticipated the temporal nature and limitation of what Miriam had to offer.

A novel by Leonard Q. Ross (Leo Rosten)