No baking on Shabbat.

Ritual purification didn’t always involve immersion. 

Priests are forbidden from drinking wine because they bear responsibility for guarding the core of Jewish holiness.

Miriam and Aaron show us how to fail, ask for help and grow.

The best oil.

The perfect symbol of the two-sided, both/and, hidden/revealed quality of the season.

Holiness is not limited to one sphere.

The Sabbaths before and after Tisha B'Av provide a message of comfort and consolation.

One of the most common Jewish greetings explained.

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of reading a very touching piece by Dr. Oliver Sacks z”l ...