Each Torah portion is paired with a passage from the Prophets.

I was sitting in synagogue beside a beautiful, ornate, wood carved mechitzah when I saw something I had never noticed ...

How traditional Jewish women prepare for monthly mikveh use.

Jewish holidays through 2019.

Fast days are acknowledged in the synagogue liturgy.

The Jewish reasons for facial hair, including sidelocks (payot).

Recovering the benefits of denial.

The biblical Book of Lamentations is chanted in a unique style, with each verse beginning in a major mode and ending in its relative minor mode.

These mournful poems are the central part of the liturgy of Tisha B'Av.

“Are you going to fast on Yom Kippur?” “Are you going to try not to eat until chatzot, midday?” These ...