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Erusin: The First of the Two Ceremonies
Erusin, the ancient betrothal ceremony, includes two blessings and the ring ceremony, and is followed by the reading of the marriage contract.
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Jewish Texts, Study
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
External texts from the Second Temple period.
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Rabbis Without Borders
Light Growing in My Darkness
I am a person particularly affected by sunlight, aware of a shift in my body and mood that coincides with ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Rabbis Without Borders
Can Our Love Be Bigger Than Our Fear?
My fear is not very far below the surface. It rises when I hear about another shooting in Brooklyn, sometimes ...
Celebrate, Mourn, Rosh Chodesh
Blessing the New Moon
The ritual of blessing the moon is not widely practiced--but carries deep spiritual meaning.
JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
When a Woman Leads Services, A Community Struggles With Its Identity
Recently, the Ritual Committee of my congregation, Kehillat Yedidya in Jerusalem, asked its members whether we might occasionally allow Kabbalat ...
Israel, Israel History, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Modern Jewish History, Study
Shimon Peres
Longtime leader of Israel's Labor Party.
Leil Purim: A Kurdish Jewish Women’s Holiday
Imitating Queen Esther, Kurdish Jewish women used to bathe in the river on Purim night.
Jewish Food Tourney: # 8 Brisket vs #9 Sufganiyot
We had our first upset yesterday. #10 Gefilte Fish beat #7 Hamentashen. I was so excited I had trouble falling ...