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Why do we count the days between Pesach and Shavuos? The Nesivos Shalom teaches that the Omer helps us to continue the process of freedom...

It’s interesting that on Shavuos, the holiday when we celebrate receiving the Torah, we read Megillas Ruth, the book of Ruth. What is the...

I am writing this post with a full heart. As you can see, I gave birth to a precious, beautiful girl this summer. Her name is Rachel...

Some Background Growing up, I knew that it was customary to eat Challah on Shabbat, but I didn’t know that the actual mitzvah of Challah...

From the second night of Passover, we begin a 49-day period known as the “Omer.” We count each day, for seven weeks, until Shavuot, the...

5 Ways To Enhance Your Seder Experience Growing up, I would arrive at my relatives’ house for the Seder with a fuzzy recollection of what...

The Lubavitcher Rebbe teaches, “in every generation, and every day, a Jew must see himself as if he had that day been liberated from...

Now that Purim is over, Passover is on everyone’s mind. One of the mitzvahs of Passover is to remove all traces of “chametz,” or bread...

Trump holds a banquet at the White House to celebrate his presidency. Top members of the Jewish community are invited. Kosher food will...

Although we received the Torah in last week’s Torah portion, Yisro, the Torah’s recounting of the events is not chronological here. This...

When God splits the sea and the Jewish people cross through from slavery to freedom, Miriam takes out her tambourine and the women play...

Returning to the epic Exodus story, Egypt is a hot mess. The Nile turns to blood; frogs, lice, wild animals, and locusts run rampant; and...

Many people think that freedom is living a life with no restriction. Is it? Many also believe that by having such freedom, we are not...

We are in a period of human history that the Torah refers to as the “End of Days.” Our writings teach that this period before the Messiah...

Continuing from last week’s article, what was so dangerous about the Greek’s persecution of the Jews? In short, the Greek philosophy...

We are all familiar with the story of Hanukah. After the Greeks continued to restrict Jewish practices, a small group of Jewish Torah...

My Bat Mitzvah took place during this week’s parsha, Parsha Vayeitzei. I didn’t actually remember that; only once I returned to my Jewish...

Why The Flood? Why would G-d, after creating the world and all of animal and human life, destroy most of life so soon after? The Talmud...

Shemini Atzeret, (literally “The Eighth Day of Assembly”) which starts tonight, is linked to Sukkot but is a holiday in its own right....

On Sukkot we are commanded to shake four species: the etrog (citron), which represents the heart, the lulav (palm branch), which...