Rabbi Steven Schwarzman: it’s time to do Teshuvah
By Rabbi Steven Schwarzman (AJNews) – We normally think of Rosh Hashanah as the beginning of the year. After all, isn’t that what Rosh Hashanah means?…
Holiday Columns
The Jewish calendar reminds us where we’ve been — and what’s next
by Rabbi Adina Allen (My Jewish Learning via JTA) — The Shavuot holiday that we observed last month commemorates two different kinds of harvests. Originally…
Sephardic Matzah Spinach Pie recipe
By Susan Barocas (This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher.) – Matzah pies called minas are a classic Sephardic Passover dish, traditionally served for brunch…
The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)
by Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner (JTA) — At the height of the pandemic, I remember maddeningly washing, scrubbing and antibacterial-spritzing my hands in a bathroom…
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Where the wild things were
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – What exactly was the fourth of the ten plagues that were inflicted upon the Egyptians? It goes by the Hebrew…