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What Happens When Passover Begins on Saturday Night?
This rare occurrence mandates a number of adjustments to pre-holiday rituals.
Classic Ashkenazi Haroset Recipe with Apples and Walnuts
This staple seder dish is easy, adaptable and delicious.
This Nostalgic Passover Treat Deserves a Comeback
Eingemacht, a sweet, beet-based preserve, is the best matzah topping.
Wise Fridays:
“Do not say, ‘Why should I lessen my own fortune by giving my money to this poor person?’ Bear in ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Wise Fridays: Obscenity
“Said Rabbi Hanan, the son of Rav: Everybody knows why the bride enters the bridal chamber, but if anyone speaks ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Wise Fridays: There Is No Life
There is no life without a task; no person without a talent; no place without a fragment of God’s light ...
An Introduction to Wise Fridays
Hi! I’m Deah. Yes, my name does happen to be the same as the Hebrew word for “knowledge” — thank ...
Wise Fridays: Older and Wiser
“As regards scholars, the older they become the more wisdom they acquire…But as regards the ignorant, the older they become, ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Wise Fridays: On Suffering
Rabbi Yochanan once became ill, and Rabbi Hanina went to visit him. He asked him, “Are your sufferings welcome to ...
Wise Fridays: Adoption
Whoever brings up an orphan in his home is regarded by the Bible as though the child was born to ...