halakhah

Interfaith marriage has long been a demographic issue, but is it also a halakhic one?

Why some Jews wait six hours, while others wait one or three.

When and why Jews say an abbreviated Amidah. Full text and translation of Havinenu included.

What do you do if you need to leave home after lighting your menorah.

Judaism has recognized nonbinary persons for millennia.

How Adler uses feminist ideas to challenge Jewish law.

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.

After burial Jewish law requires the mourner to turn from despair in the face of death to the affirmation of life.

Halakhah is the "way" a Jew is directed to behave, encompassing civil, criminal and religious law.