Just as Nostra Aetate led to reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity, a similar document is needed to lead to a ...

I blew shofar for the high holidays with one hand, listened and prayed without holding a prayer book for a while and tried to ...

Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat marks a new moon and a new spiritual cycle. In Jewish tradition, the new moon carries the seed of the ...

How does one deal with non-attendance at a non-halakhic wedding without causing a hopeless rift in the family?

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As Hanukkah begins this Sunday night, the weekly Torah portion “Vayeshev” offers a strikingly relevant backdrop. The parasha follows Joseph, who is repeatedly cast into darkness only to rise, again ...

“Lech lecha me’artzecha… Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you” (Bereishit/Genesis 12:1). With these words, God calls Abram into ...

CJT Oil Company in Midland is turning tragedy into a positive by creating the Barrels for Blessings campaign. The company, whose initials stand for Christ Jesus Torah, will host a vigil at about 10:30 ...

The Torah contains an amalgamation of precepts that are both admirable and troublesome. Curses are plentiful in this week’s parsha, for such offenses as insulting your mother and father, accepting ...

“See, this day I set before you blessing and curse: blessing, if you obey the commandments of your God that I enjoin upon you this day; and curse, if you do not obey the commandments of your God.” ...

Synopsis: The requirement of having a minimum of 10 men present for synagogue services and other mitzvot that are davar she’b’kedusha (matters of sanctity) is derived through the hermeneutic principle ...

Each Friday night, Jewish families do what we have done for thousands of years. We sit down for the moment we have anticipated all week: Shabbat dinner. Before the meal, we engage in a few ritual ...