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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 ...
Judaism on Greed
The notion that humans are merely stewards of wealth, not its owner, can play into the hands of the greedy.
Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Women & Feminism, Zionism
When a Zoroastrian and a Jew Walked into a Mikvah
It is like clockwork. You can expect someone to raise the following argument every single time anything new is being ...
The Subtleties Of One Letter
We can learn numerous lessons from the statement of the owner of a house that appears to be afflicted with spiritual defilement.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Study
Caro’s Codificatory Approach
The disparate opinions in Caro's Bet Yosef and the bottom line decisions in his Shulhan Arukh combined to create the halakhic code par excellence.
Parashat Chukat: Summary
God instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the red heifer; Miriam dies; Moses hits a rock to bring forth water rather than speaking to it; Aaron dies.
Feminine Aspects of the Omer
In mystical terms, this is a period of time leading to the unification of the male and female aspects of the Divine.