At the risk of disclosing a spoiler, I would like to begin this week’s “Covenant and Conversation” by discussing the 2019 film, “A Beautiful Day

In addition to the debate about whether women are obligated in Havdala (resolved in favor that they are obligated), there is a secondary dispute about

 הוּא (הלל) הָיָה אוֹמֵר… בִמְקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ (אבות ב:ה): We often find ourselves in situations where no one is prepared to step

Yet another Yom Ha’Atzmautt arrives, still shadowed by the events of Oct. 7, 2023 and the ongoing struggle to defend our homeland. As we mark

My son-in-law came to us for Shabbos and was wearing a new pair of glasses. The lenses had a reddish hue. He explained that these

Visitors to the historic Kazimierz district—the Jewish quarter of Krakow—are familiar with one of the ghetto’s most iconic places, Isaac Synagogue, on 18 Kupa Street.

Parshiyot Tazria-Metzora The opening words of the haftarah that we read for this parsha, provides us with the clear connection to our parshiyot. “V’arbaah anashim

We are counting towards Sinai, that time and place where we stood—in a description so familiar that it has become trite—”k’ish echad b’lev echad— as

By Rabbi Neil Fleischmann When the world was created, animals were the first thing, and though it may seem odd, it is about this that

Why is the metzora excluded from our midst? Sounds like he’s rejected, disrespected; dissed.   There may be another side at which it pays to

Last week’s column (“Worrying About Flying Camels”) discussed flying camels and Makkot 5a. Rava made a series of statements exploring how conspiring witnesses are established,

“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a