After much debate, a compromise date--satisfactory to none--is chosen.

What you should know before you're called to the Torah.

Moving from praise to petition to thanksgiving, the Amidah inculcates a sense of connection to God.

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

An easy meal that comes together in minutes, made with farm-fresh eggs and spiced with harissa.

Some of the mishnaic laws related to agriculture remain directly relevant for contemporary urban and suburban lives.

The kabbalistic false messiah gained a mass following in the 17th century — until he converted to Islam.

The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.

Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.

A connection between Sukkot and this "eighth day of assembly."