Shabbat/Holidays
Everybody but the Maharal of Prague knows that the miracle of Chanukah has nothing to do with the winter solstice.
According to recent surveys, the overwhelming majority of yeshivah high school students in Israel dislike learning Gemara. Alas, this finding…
When we were growing up, there was "the Jastrow." If a Talmudic phrase or term was unfamiliar, one would go…
My children are at that age where their costumes for the Purim parade are far less important than the size…
There are two distinct mitzvot regarding the Egyptian Exodus. The first is zecher yetziyat Mitzrayim [remembrance of leaving Egypt]. This…
For observant Jews, a museum about Judaism is almost a contradiction in terms. Judaism is a living tradition, as is…
This is the essence of Chanukah; the yom tov of man yearning for God, of candles ignited by the spark…
Time and again we have to face the difficult task of defining ourselves in a world of alien values—the values…
