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Tradition Today: Standing at Sinai

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:45:20 GMT

The question that Shavuot presents to us, that each of us must answer in our lives is the same one that was presented at Sinai.

Should one recite Hallel on Jerusalem Day?

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40:52 GMT

Ask The Rabbi: There remains a strong sense that beyond barbecues, we must manifest our gratitude in religious expression.

Parashat Behukotai: The sanctity of Jerusalem

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:36:53 GMT

"Then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit." Leviticus 26:4.

Parshat Behar: Strangers in our midst

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:42 GMT

"And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food."

Tradition Today: The promise of Zionism

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:58:57 GMT

We are now between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day, where we move from catastrophe to great joy.

May one convert without intent to keep mitzvot?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:55:15 GMT

Ask the Rabbi: Controversies over appropriate standards for conversion to Judaism have abounded since the Enlightenment period.

The symbolism of rituals

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:47:14 GMT

One of the strangest rituals of the Bible surrounds purification of the individual afflicted with “tzara’at.”

His Story/Her Story: Hannah Rochel Vebermacher

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:44:27 GMT

Most of us know her as “Maiden from Ludmir,” but Hannah Rochel Verbermacher was name given to her at birth.

Just a Thought: A historical meeting

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:37:03 GMT

This story, which Jews everywhere read from Haggada just a few nights ago, is a personal favorite.

Judaism: A life of freedom

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:31:06 GMT

The climax of Passover, the festival’s seventh day, commemorates the splitting of the Re(e)d Sea,

Parshat Truma: The light from the Sanctuary

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:23:37 GMT

It's no wonder that the first sacred furnishing of God’s “temporary home” was the ark, the repository for the Ten Commandments.

Tradition Today: What Israelis believe

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:19:04 GMT

But before we get upset or ecstatic that Israel has found religion, we should take a deep breath.

Does Halacha order separate seating on buses?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:15:08 GMT

Ask the rabbi: Jewish law forbids not only illicit sexual relations, but also actions which might lead to such behavior.

Parshat Yitro: Revelation and elevation

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:04:10 GMT

‘The Lord said to Moses, behold I come to you in the thickness of the cloud’ (Exodus 19:9)

Ascetic Hassidism

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:29 GMT

Hassidic masters were not cut of one cloth; some masters adopted ascetic practices.

My home: Mielec, Poland

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:05:24 GMT

The survivors of Mielec are few and far between, but one has very vivid memories of the place she called home.

Songs and voices

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:42 GMT

‘Miriam led [the women] in song, “Sing to God for He is exalted above the arrogant horse and rider He cast into the sea”’ (Exodus 15:21)

Removing stumbling blocks to Jewish identity

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:15:38 GMT

There is an old yiddish expression that “if one asks a question, the answer is ‘treif’ – i.e. ‘forbidden.’”

Should Israeli law permit civil marriage?

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:10:15 GMT

The answer is yes: It is the most likely to help this country become a more Jewish and a more democratic state.

The Torah written in memory of the Six Million

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:44:53 GMT

Va’ad Ha’ezra wrote a Torah scroll in memory of the six million Jews who had been murdered in the Holocaust.