Shabbat/Holidays
It was the first night of Pesach, and on a holiday that celebrates questions, I began by asking one. “Where…
Participating in a Seder comes naturally to those who grew up in observant families or who had the benefit of…
As I write this column, I am thinking about a Jewish historian, not yet born, who years from now will…
Chag HaSukkot is unquestionably one of our most enjoyable holidays. Preparation, however, is something else.
Misconception: A feature of the Rosh Hashanah tashlich ritual is the throwing of bread or other food into a body…
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…
Excerpts from Rabbi Israel Meir Lau's remarkable autobiography, in which he tells his story of rising from the ashes of…
Some years ago, Ahuvah Gray found herself in a kosher restaurant in Johannesburg, entertaining some two hundred girls from the…
