ritual

This was my first Pesach away from home. I am a first-year college student and although I love my college and ...

As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...

Jewish tradition has four names for the Passover Holiday—Hag HaAviv (the Spring Festival), Hag HaMatsot (the Holiday of Unleavened Bread), ...

The HaggadahWhen my family sits down to the seder table, we won’t be passing around the Maxwell House Hagaddahs. We ...

The seder is my favorite Jewish ritual, and every year, I have the best of intentions. In line with the ...

It is the day before Passover and everyone has a yahrtzeit but me.My mother’s mother collapsed on seder night, ten days before her young grandson ...

Two weeks each month, I refrain from physical intimacy with my husband because of Jewish law. It is not only ...

This year on Purim, several minyanim in the U.S. and in Israel will be reading the Megillah with a twist. ...

I’ve always really liked Purim. When I was younger, my main interest in the holiday was dressing up in fun ...

Inspired by the ubiquitous Venmo ads on the NYC Subway, comedian and former yeshiva student Eitan Levine came up with ...