Yom Kippur Blessings: For Starting Observance of the Day
On Yom Kippur, we share a holiday meal called seudat mafseket, the concluding meal before the fast begins. We begin the meal with haMotzi, the blessing over the challah
A Birthday Card for Israel, My Home
How do you give your country a gift?
What kind of gift will you give your country?
What can you wish to your country?
Hey, That's Not Our Torah Scroll!
Recently at the regular Shabbat minyan at Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City, we worshipers were thrown for a bit of a loop when, at the beginning of the Torah service, the rabbi took a scroll from the ark that was different than the one we
The Ultimate Jewish Finger Food
If I Can’t Fast, How Can I Observe Yom Kippur?
My Year in Israel: Pain, Possibility, and So Much More
I call Israel the land of a thousand emotions because, regardless of the day, the country always evokes a kaleidoscope of feelings in me.