Shabbat/Holidays
The rabbinic mitzvah to mark the onset of Shabbat by lighting candles is an ancient and important halachah.
Some delicious ways to incorporate apples in your menus and holiday table
In that tiny shul, the prayers of survivors hung heavy in the air.
When fear of failure holds us back, we never fully push ourselves to next-level thinking, bold action and, ultimately, success.
Everybody has a moment in their life when the strands of a lifetime come together in perfect harmony.
Is it preferable to eat a little and then spend Yom Kippur day in shul davening rather than stay at…
How Jerusalem was destroyed because of the actions of two men
How to make Tishah B'Av meaningful in an age-appropriate way
To Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Tishah B’Av was a day of “limitless despair and boundless hope and faith.”
This true story appeared in the August 1953 issue of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action.
In densely Orthodox areas, it’s easy to forget—or never know about—the breadth of Jewry and how Jews live so differently…
