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The biblical text and the Rabbinic tradition provide the universal search for an ethical life with passion and some unique concepts.

The involvement of God in moral issues gives Jewish ethical thinking a passion and urgency.

The Jewish position on abortion is nuanced, neither condoning it nor categorically prohibiting it.

Hasidism spread mystical ideas to the masses of East-European Jewry.

The Jews of North Africa ate spicy, aromatic foods, usually with couscous.

Beyond the parties and gifts, what the Festival of Lights is all about.

There are a number of reasons given to obey God's laws.

The Rabbis regulated the giving and receiving of tzedakah even while recognizing that how one gives may be as important as how much one gives.

On history, spirituality, obligation, and standing at Sinai.

Jewish philosophers since ancient times have explained the system of mitzvot, and individual commandments, in terms that made sense to their contemporaries.