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Coming Down to Earth
Instead of looking up to the heavens for holiness, what if instead we looked to the earth beneath our feet?
Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate, Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
What is Anger For?
There are three (types) of people the Holy One loves: One who does not get angry. One who does not ...
Eat, Israeli Food, Jewish Recipes, Modern Israel
The Sweet Story of Israeli Desserts
Desserts are part of the ever-developing Israeli cuisine, and like everything else in Israel, desserts too have their story.
Interfaith, Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Weddings & Marriage
Intermarriage Is a Scapegoat
“My son-in-law is so lovely, and he and my daughter are very happy, and I’m happy for them. But he’s ...
Jewish History, JOFA's Torch, Study
Women in Rashi’s Time: It Wasn’t the Dark Ages for Them
On July 27, the 29th of Tammuz, I will observe the 909th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as ...
Eat, Jewish Recipes, Jewish&, Sephardic Jews
Not My Mother’s Matzah Balls: My Moroccan Kitchen
I have often joked that I am the only woman in America who doesn’t cook anything that she grew up ...
Celebrate, High Holidays, Pray, Prayer Musings, Yom Kippur
Kol Nidrei: The Power of Words
Why does the holiest day of the Jewish year begin with a dry legal formula renouncing vows?
Text of Kol Nidrei
The evening service opening the Day of Atonement is one of the most emotionally intense of all Jewish prayers.