Jewish authorities have much to say about using, and abusing, this substance.

Yom Kippur not only requires emotional preparation, but physical as well.

It isn't Rosh Hashanah without duvshaniyot.

A little fire and a little magic makes the lighting of Shabbat candles a moment to slow down and see things differently.

No one ever told Jacob that his son Joseph was still alive.

The realization suddenly dawned on me at perhaps the most inappropriate of times. I was at the mourning gathering for ...

Marriage in ancient times was a negotiated match involving an agreement on conditions and payment of a bridal price.

On his deathbed, Jacob finally sees his children stand together.

Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...

Tsnius, or tzniut, is a word that means modesty, and refers to special Jewish laws about how men and women ...