Miriam's instinctive song of praise tells us something important about calling out to God.

In Jewish texts, the devil is sometimes an adversary and sometimes an embodiment of evil. Satan occupies a prominent place in Christianity, which generally regards him as a rebellious angel and the ...

The desert peak upon which the Hebrew Bible says God gave the Torah to Moses. Mount Sinai is the desert peak upon which the Hebrew Bible says God gave the Torah to Moses and the Israelites. In the ...

An ancient 'slice of life.' Today’s daf finds us in the middle of an arcane and uncomfortable discussion. We have already established that a firstborn donkey, which is not kosher, is redeemed with a ...

Ushpizin (pronounced oosh-pee-ZIN) is the Aramaic word for “guests” and refers to a short prayer recited on each night of Sukkot inviting one of seven Jewish forbearers to join us in the sukkah.

Maakouda is a Moroccan potato dish, served either as pie or as fritter, which became an everyday dish for Jews during Passover. Just like Ashkenazi potato kugel, maakouda is a staple of Passover for ...

I first fell in love with adjaruli khatchapuri, also known as Georgian cheese bread or cheese boat, at Marani Restaurant in Queens, NY. This cheesy-carby deliciousness is basically all the comfort ...

Jews got entangled in the Christian quest to recapture the Holy Land from Muslims. The origins of the Christian Crusade to liberate the Holy Land are found in the spread of a warrior Asiatic tribe. In ...

The dramatic story, known in Hebrew as the Akedah, has perplexed many generations of commentators. The Binding of Isaac, known in Hebrew as the Akedah, is one of the best known — and most troubling — ...

A summary of the first portion of the Torah.

An Ethiopian Jewish holiday held 50 days after Yom Kippur. Sigd is about accepting the Torah and yearning for Israel and the Temple. It is thought to be the date on which God first revealed himself to ...

Halacha, from the Hebrew word for "walking" or "path," is the rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law. From its earliest days, Judaism viewed the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) as the rule book for Jewish ritual ...