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Ask the Expert: What Are the Customs for a New Home?
How do I make move-in day Jewish?
A Jewish Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day isn’t a specifically Jewish holiday — or, to put it more bluntly, the goyim celebrate it, too — ...
Celebrate, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Tisha B'Av, Yom Kippur
This is real and you are completely unprepared!
This is real and you are completely unprepared!What? Just the thought strikes panic in my heart. I like to be ...
You Shall Be Joyful
The Torah seems to command us to be happy, but are our feelings within our control?
Pray, Prayer Musings, Tisha B'Av
When Prayer Fails Us
Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, is testament to the failure of prayer to avert national catastrophe.
How to Plan a Jewish Wedding
A checklist of 7 things to consider, from clergy to chuppah.
Elul: I Am My Beloved’s…But I’m Not Only That
For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...
Celebrate, Jerusalem Day, More Holidays
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day
The newest holiday on the Jewish calendar celebrates the reunification of Israel's capital.
Celebrate, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Tisha B'Av
What Should Your Rabbi Talk About?
Tisha B’Av (Aug. 5th), which commemorates the destruction of the Temple also marks the seven week countdown to Rosh Hashanah. ...
Celebrate, Jewish History, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Study, Tisha B'Av, Yom Kippur
We Have Met the Enemy
On September 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the U.S. Navy to victory in the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, which ...