Is this true? Yonah 3:3 describes Nineveh as an exceedingly great city, a three days’ journey. The Gemara (Pesachim 94b) states that an average person
As Selichot commence this Saturday night (for Ashkenazim), the buildup to the Great Days begins in earnest. These are days of judgment, of pronounced Divine
Hurricane season is here. We recently experienced the devastation of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas a short while ago. Residents from Florida to North Carolina
This is a good time to discuss this all-important word. There are two issues involved: 1) What is the meaning of the root PLL? 2)
This week’s parsha discusses the law of allocating any of the third-year tithes that might have remained in our possession. The Torah commands that along
This week’s parsha, Ki Tavo, ends with the declaration, “Yet, to this day, the Lord has not given you a heart/mind to understand, or eyes
Is this another category of “things” that we will be told are old-fashioned and no longer necessary? Maybe it is just us. Yet, we wonder
One of my mother’s favorite declarations was, “Give me the good old days.” I never really took it to heart. Not, that is, until I
Why did these given names from Medieval Ashkenaz and Anglia (England) fall out of favor among later Ashkenazim? Saadiah Gamaliel Yosi (as in the Galilean
Part III As mentioned previously, the purpose of this article is not to go into the underlying reasons of a minhag, but to compare one
Most schools offer opportunities for young adults to celebrate together. Those who provide these services don’t take the responsibility lightly. Spending the High Holidays away
This summer I had the privilege of working as an intern at Sharsheret. Prior to my internship I was familiar with Sharsheret’s mission, support programs
