Mitzvot

Why Shmita, the commandment to let Israel's farmland rest every seven years, is relevant even for today's urban Diaspora Jews.

The last commandment in the Torah.

The essence of Kaddish may be less in the meaning of the words than in the experience of reciting it with other Jews.

Jewish daily life and practice is how Jews do things--day in and day out, and week after week--that embody the ideals and standards expressed in Judaism’s sacred writings and its ancient (and modern) traditions.

The biblical prohibition against mixing wool and linen.

Lovingkindness--the act of caring for others--is a fundamental of Judaism.

There are a number of reasons given to obey God's laws.

On history, spirituality, obligation, and standing at Sinai.

Jewish philosophers since ancient times have explained the system of mitzvot, and individual commandments, in terms that made sense to their contemporaries.

The Sages proposed additional reasons to obey the mitzvot beyond those offered by the Bible.