Religion
“It Shall Be a Day of Sounding the Shofar for You” (Bemidbar 29:1) Most of us fulfill the mitzvah of…
I often hear people talk about the awakening power of the sound of the shofar—how awesome a moment, how inspiring…
If you don’t already own a shofar, it’s better to first learn how to blow on a borrowed shofar before…
Most shofarot are made from a ram’s horn. However, an increasing number of exotic shofarot are available from species such…
I was born in a year that provided a unique opportunity that those a few years older and younger than…
Throughout the world, groups of women are gathering together to share the importance and power of Amen. In 2001, while…
Excerpts from Rabbi Israel Meir Lau's remarkable autobiography, in which he tells his story of rising from the ashes of…
A recently issued study by the American Jewish Committee suggests that American Jewry is in for a stunning and almost…
Misconception: The ideal day to get married is Yom Shelishi (Tuesday) because in the Creation story, the phrase “ki tov”…
For decades, society considered comics to be “kid stuff.” Pictures were art, words were literature, but put the two together…
Some years ago, Ahuvah Gray found herself in a kosher restaurant in Johannesburg, entertaining some two hundred girls from the…
