Rosh Hashanah
Every year, as the chazzan starts the first few notes of the special Kaddish for the Yamim Noraim on the…
In my childhood, a half-century ago in Buffalo’s North Park neighborhood that served as a passage point between the East…
Q: I know you’re supposed to eat sweet foods this time of year, but I don’t want all the calories! Is…
Prayer, tefillah, is an essential component of our religion and the centerpiece of the spiritual experience of every practicing Jew.…
If you don’t already own a shofar, it’s better to first learn how to blow on a borrowed shofar before…
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…
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…
Here is an eclectic group of nutritious and easy-to-prepare recipes that I hope will appeal to different palates.
I have persistently promoted a grand heresy . . . that Elul is primarily a time of love.
