Religion

Shabbat/Holidays

PASSOVER

Is Pesach Cleaning Hazardous to Your Health?

So cleaning products can be harmful to your health, but you still need to get rid of that grime. How…

JEWISH LAW

What’s the Truth About . . . Reading the Megillah on Purim Morning?

Misconception: Of the two Megillah readings on Purim, the one at night is the more important one. Therefore, one should…

POETRY

Gut Shabbos

Gut Shabbos! two words tossed off almost unconsciously Touching and arousing unused corners of the soul melting walls of individuality…

PASSOVER

Frogs Were Everywhere. But Where Was Shirley?

One morning King Pharaoh woke in his bed / There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head…

SHABBAT/HOLIDAYS

Kabbalas Shabbos: Welcoming the Sabbath in Body and Spirit

By Elchanan Adler This article originally appeared in the Summer 2001 issue of Jewish Action One of the highlights of…

PASSOVER

Kid-Friendly Passover Dishes That Are Too Good To Pass-Over!

Each family has its favorite “tried and true” recipes that it absolutely has to include as part of the Seder…

POETRY

TuB’Shvat

TuB’Shvat/Rabbi Elazar ben Arach (Avot 2:13) By Yossi Huttler go out and discern  this new year of trees the path…

CHANUKAH

The Little-Known Story Behind the Latke

According to the late food historian Gil Marks, the first latkes, called kartoffelpfannkuchen, were fashioned from coarse potatoes fried in…

INSPIRATION

Shabbos Is More Than One Day a Week

How to Take Shabbos into the Week It is not my intent to address the issue of Orthodox teens at…

CHANUKAH

A Dairy Delicious Chanukah/Hannukah

Whether you spell it Chanukah or Hannukah, this festive winter holiday is associated with all sorts of latkes, sufganiyot and…

CHANUKAH

A Chanukah Meditation: Money To Burn

This article originally appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of Jewish Action There is a price tag affixed to the…

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