holidays

I feel like it was just yesterday that I broke my fast from Yom Kippur and thought, “Well, thank God ...

What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...

For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...

I’ll start with some advice. Never take an overnight bus anywhere, especially for a family gathering. All you get is ...

When such acts [that desecrate Shabbat in order to save a life] are done, they are not to be done ...

Here’s a discussion I had last night. If your favorite baseball team was playing in the World Series on the ...

Why did Nixon refuse to compel Israel to join the nuclear non-proliferation regime? (Ha’aretz)Why are the “days between the times“–so ...

Once again Craig & Co. are producing inspiring words during the month of Elul, in their Jewels of Elul series.This ...

A medicine man from the Blood Indian Reservation, Brother Rufus Goodstriker…picked up the shofar and looked it over. “Ram’s hom,” ...

Today is the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, which is basically a whole month spent preparing for one day. ...