ritual

We have all seen some great Vaudeville or movie clip of someone being caught unaware, getting acquainted with a 2 x 4 ...

There are several things that happen when a stone is thrown into a lake. First, the stone pierces the top ...

Vashti is a heroine of the Purim story because she chose not to expose her naked body to the Court despite ...

In my mind, the definitive tale of sisterhood was not the conventionally chosen classic, Little Women , but rather the ...

Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...

I don’t remember the date in September—even though, beginning on Labor Day, my son reminds me several times—but I have ...

I recently had the privilege of serving on a Beit Din (Rabbinic Court) for an individual who was converting to ...

The majesty and transcendence of the High Holidays are behind us. Rosh Hashanah with its coronation of God and Yom ...

On Sukkot, it’s customary to read Chapter 14 from the prophet Zechariah.Have you read it? I mean, really read it?If ...

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...