Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3:2 stipulates: “All Shofars are kosher for performing the Mitzvah – except the horn of a cow.” The reason given by the Mishnah is that the horn of a cow is referred...
I have been an avid reader of books about the psychology of religion since I was an adolescent. I remember going to the local public library and systematically...
Actor Christopher Reeve, who portrayed Superman, died on this date, October 10, 2004. Today, the fourth day of Sukkot, we customarily invite Moses into our Sukkah when we recite Ushpizin.
(JTA) — As Succot and the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks approached, I received separate emails from two different Jewish organizations with what to me was an unfamiliar use of the word “holding.”
(JTA) — On the weekend between Yom Kippur and Succot, Waterville city workers put up the frame for our community succah. They were careful to make sure that tree branches did not obscure the view of...
Mishna Yoma includes detailed records of the ritual of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) on Yom Kippur: his elaborate vestments, prostrations, confessions, and his articulation of God’s (otherwise) ineffable Name.
The tractate of Talmud dealing with Yom Kippur is titled “Yoma” – meaning, “The Day.” This signifies the profound importance and sanctity of Yom Kippur. “Yoma” also reflects the principle that “The Day” itself provides...
(JTA) — A laugh-out-loud Sukkot story that reimagines the classic tale of the three little pigs; an inspiring work of historical fiction story about a Jewish family in Vienna fleeing Nazi persecution and becoming refugees in Shanghai;...
(JTA) — Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah?
