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Swaddled By God

Swaddled By God

...impermanence of the clouds in her book on Leviticus, where she cites the Vilna Gaon’s claim (in his commentary on Song of Songs 1:4) ...
, June 12, 2023 Parashat V'zot Haberachah Parashat V'zot Haberachah Dvar Torah
Passover Kashrut Questions and Answers

Passover Kashrut Questions and Answers

...cornstarch in the capsule.) The other supplements are in tablet form, hekhshered, and gluten, wheat, and soy-free. https://www.koshervitamins.com/Solgar-Kosher-Chelated-Iron-100-Tablets https://www.koshervitamins.com/Solgar-Kosher-Vitamin-D3-2200-IU-100-Vegetable-Capsules https://www.koshervitamins.com/Solgar-Kosher-B-Complex-with-Vitamin-C-Stress-Formula-250-Tablets Can I continue to ...
February 28, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover
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Counting The Omer

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April 13, 2022
Super Simple Guide: How to Count the Omer

Super Simple Guide: How to Count the Omer

...Download the PDF here. The third week’s theme is “Splendor.” Download the PDF here. The fourth week’s theme is “Time and Eternity.” Download the ...
April 13, 2022 How to Count the Omer The Omer

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Terms of Use Welcome to www.exploringjudaism.org (the “Site”), a website hosted by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). With support from partners including ...
March 31, 2022
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How to Kasher Your Kitchen: A Simplified Guide

...Guide here. How to Kasher a Glass Stovetop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ivtIO2eLU&list=PLAUaYjTp5xS6-rM0AlxKKC6VauyofyjaD&index=1 Instructions: Clean the surface thoroughly. Heat the elements to burn off any food particles. (Be ...
March 17, 2022 Guidelines for a Kosher Kitchen Holidays

Surely This Website Will Save…

...the whole. Including you. Yes, you. This website is not “done.” There are so many things we want to include on this website. We’ve ...
April 3, 2022 Exploring Judaism Blog
How to Forgive

How to Forgive (Kol Nidrei)

...Holiday liturgy: “Show me what you are like,” Moses pleads with God, and God complies. “My Name is Y-H-V-H. Y-H-V-H. I am gracious and ...
November 5, 2023 High Holidays Holidays
The Aromatic Smokescreen

The Aromatic Smokescreen

...God appear: “For in a cloud shall I be seen on the cover” (Leviticus 16:2). The cloud of smoke from the Ketoret thus facilitated ...
, February 22, 2023 Parashat Ki Tisa Parashat Ki Tisa Dvar Torah
Conversation with Martin Luther King at 1968 RA Convention

Conversation with Martin Luther King at 1968 RA Convention

...we find examples of exploitation, it must be admitted. That must be done in the Jewish community too. I think our responsibility in the ...
January 10, 2024 Holidays Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US)
El Séder: Un Resumen

El Séder: Un Resumen

...formal de manos por segunda vez, esta vez con la bendición), Motzi-Matzá (comer matzá, con sus dos bendiciones introductorias), Maror (comiendo las hierbas amargas, ...
, April 11, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover
Parashat Vayishlach Haftarah: Compassionate Fantasies

Compassionate Fantasies

...to Edom anyway? And why do we choose to report this text, to treat it as holy? Our relationship with Edom is complicated. The ...
, December 5, 2022 Parashat Vayishlach Parashat Vayishlach Haftarah
The Biblical Basis of Democracy (1948)

The Biblical Basis of Democracy (1948)

...seek change,” (Proverbs 24:21) was certainly not a fellow-traveler of the revolution. The common Biblical phrase by which the king is described as “the ...
July 2, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism
Mysteriousness of the Makom

Mysteriousness of the Makom

...Bartenura’s commentaries on this verse, says that a cloud attached to the mountaintop guided Abraham. I think that the combination of mountains and clouds ...
May 17, 2024 Holidays Shavuot
Common Terms in Torah Study

Common Terms in Torah Study

...worry. You’re not alone. The Exploring Judaism team has prepared this printable sheet of common terms you might encounter in your Torah study that ...
May 24, 2024 Holidays Learning

Commerce and Competition in Jewish Law

...by becoming more efficient and thus able to compete effectively, there is no justification for limiting entry of a competitor. However, if the issues ...
, May 24, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce

Distinctive Emphasis in Conservative Judaism: Vis-a-Vis the Halakha (1952)

...be a unanimous report from our Law Committee. Furthermore, what is a majority report today could easily have been a minority point of view, ...
June 29, 2023 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

Democracy in Post-Biblical Judaism (1948)

...Shaas, Chevrah Mishnayos, and other groups of adults who daily devoted a period of time for study. Study became an integral part of religious ...
July 2, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism
Parashat Ki Tisa: On Relationships with God and Other Human Beings

On Relationships with God and Other Human Beings

...God. In God’s absence, they were bereft and attempted to summon God’s presence but instead crafted God’s worst nightmare. They acted without communication, without ...
February 29, 2024 JTS Senior Sermon Learning
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Exploring Judaism Writers Fellowship

...and teachings for online content October 2024 Scholar Visit November 2024 Developing Your Voice & Style Revising like a Pro December 2024 Pitching and ...
May 8, 2024 Write with EJ
Omer Mixtape 57842024

Omer Mixtape 5784/2024

...2024: Week 3 Tiferet Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 4 Netzach Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 5 Hod Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 6 Yesod Omer Mixtape ...
April 6, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Parashat Yitro: Binding Love and Loss

Binding Love and Loss

...darkness, cloud, and the fog, visible as a body is. And they saw whatever it was they saw, and heard what they heard from ...
February 1, 2024 JTS Senior Sermon Learning
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Passover: An Invitation to Get Free

...give up the comfort, the reward, that comes from the thing to which you’re enslaved? Am I willing to give up the rush of ...
April 3, 2022 Passover Preparing for Passover
Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah: Freedom

Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah: Freedom

...explore that push-pull of freedom. Does freedom mean lack of oppression or does it mean positive ability to accomplish what we want? Is it ...
, February 5, 2023 Parashat Mishpatim Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah

Four-Month Reflection on our Progress

...authors 12,000+ users exploring Judaism on the website 32,000+ views on the website With a total of 150,000+ impressions across all platforms We reach ...
August 8, 2022 Exploring Judaism Blog
The Danger of the Divine

The Danger of the Divine

...government study commissioned in the 1980s, known by the innocuous-sounding name, the Human Interference Task Force. The Human Interference Task Force asked various scientists, ...
September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Doing Teshuvah Outside of Communal Prayers

Doing Teshuvah Outside of Communal Prayers

...covenanted community, we are reminded daily that self-examination is one of God’s expectations of us. As part of the covenanted community, we are reminded ...
February 5, 2024 Elul Holidays
The Passover Preparation Checklist

The Passover Preparation Checklist

...local community is hosting a Passover- or seder-themed study session. You can find local Conservative/Masorti communities here. Seder Preparation 🔲 Download the Not a ...
February 28, 2024 Holidays Passover
The Meatless Menu

The Meatless Menu

...to the restaurateur’s own commitments, make it likely that the bulk of kashrut issues are moot.  Professionals, e.g. doctors and pharmacists, are also often ...
September 7, 2023 Every Day Kashrut

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...Amy Eilberg, Social Justice Commission September 22, 2024 High Holidays Holidays Redemption Of Captives And Freeing Hostages: So Simple Yet So Complex While Jewish ...
April 3, 2022
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 5 Hod

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 5 Hod

...different examples of an artist understanding their role and presence in the larger context of the world. Whether you’re a global superstar or an ...
April 10, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 6 Yesod

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 6 Yesod

...and strengthened over time. Acknowledging where we come from lays the truthful groundwork that allows us to live with integrity.  Please note, my playlists ...
April 10, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
What does Judaism say about abortion

What does Judaism say about Abortion?

...Contents Judaism Values Life The toast, “L’Hayim,” “To Life!,” exemplifies Judaism’s priority and commitment to protect and enhance life. This commitment to life is ...
, December 10, 2023 CJLS Halakhah

Conservative Judaism as a Unifying Force (1949)

...tradition, provided that they were all fired by a strong desire to conserve and further the traditions to which they were all committed. Schechter ...
June 28, 2023 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism

Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5783/2023

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March 27, 2023

Jewish Obligations of Parents to Children

...teachers, most parents will also need to provide professional instructors to complete their children’s education. The commandment to study Torah, and to teach children ...
, May 30, 2023 Family Halakhah
Pesah and Continued Kashrut Slavery: A Conceptual Reflection

Pesah and Continued Kashrut Slavery: A Conceptual Reflection

...this idea with limitless potential. Freedom isn’t anarchy. Religious freedom is a conscious, intentional, and free-will submission to something greater than ourselves. But it ...
March 12, 2024 Holidays Passover

High Holiday Movie Guide Download

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September 10, 2023

Downloadable Jewish Calendar 5784

Downloadable Jewish Calendar 5784 Download here...
November 3, 2023

Jewish Laws and Rituals for Funerals

...some first words of comfort. Usually, the traditional formula ha-makom y’naḥeim etkhem b’tokh she·ar aveilei tziyyon virushalayim (“May God comfort you among the other ...
, February 26, 2023 Death and Dying Funerals
A SEAT FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T COME HOME

A Seat For Those Who Can’t Come Home

...of our exiles, and bring us together from the four corners of the earth. We anticipate redemption! Barukh atah Adonai, who gathers the dispersed ...
April 15, 2024 October 7th and Israel-Hamas War Passover
Moshe's Forced Retirement

Moshe’s Forced Retirement

...after God finishes instructing him regarding the transfer of power, Moshe complies: “Moshe did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua … He ...
, May 29, 2023 Parashat Pinchas Parashat Pinchas Dvar Torah
Balance Espiritual y Arrepentimiento

Balance Espiritual y Arrepentimiento

...la transgresión y quizá volver a tropezar. Teshuvat Hakatuv es cuando una persona que cometió un error y está arrepentida, debe encontrar en la ...
September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Spheres of Sustainability: Malkhut and Sovereignty

Spheres of Sustainability: Malkhut and Sovereignty

...commandments, explains that Yishuv Ha’olam “is a great commandment through which all the other commandments are observed.” The author quotes Isaiah as a prooftext ...
April 17, 2024 Environmental Omer Intentions Holidays
Signing of Business Contract

Honesty in Business

...commentators, such as Rashi and Rashbam, actually feel that the eighth commandment prohibits kidnapping and that it is the tenth commandment (“You shall not ...
, May 24, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce
Recovery and the Four Cups

Recovery and the Four Cups

...manner expressive of freedom. Rambam draws from Ravina to highlight that the very purpose of these four cups is freedom.  But if wine is ...
April 16, 2024 Holidays Passover
Redemption Of Captives And Freeing Hostages: So Simple Yet So Complex

Redemption Of Captives And Freeing Hostages: So Simple Yet So Complex

...for the hostages’ liberty. With all of Judaism’s attention to building community, caring for the disadvantaged, and making the world a better place, it ...
, September 22, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Hanukkah Candle Lighting

How to light the Hanukkah Candles

...kidd’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivvanu l’hadlik neir shel hanukkah. Praised are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the universe, who, sanctifying us with divine commandments, has ...
, December 5, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays
Spheres of Sustainability: Tif'eret and Beauty

Spheres of Sustainability: Tif’eret and Beauty

...these words, share them, teach them, adapt them, pursue them. Check out the full series here. We are entering the third week of the ...
April 16, 2024 Environmental Omer Intentions Holidays
In Need of a Divine Hug: The Embrace of the Sukkah

In Need of a Divine Hug: The Embrace of the Sukkah

This piece is part of Exploring Judaism’s 5785 High Holiday Reader. Download the whole reader here. Sukkot is most commonly referred to as z’man ...
September 20, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Prayer for the Welfare and Return of Israel’s Captured and Missing

Prayer for the Welfare and Return of Israel’s Captured and Missing

...indeed I will not leave you until I have done what I have said to you.” [Genesis 28:15] Click here for PDF version (English) ...
, October 13, 2023 Israel Living
Simḥat Torah

What is Simhat Torah?

...liturgy follows the normal format for festivals. The warm ambience that prevails in the synagogue on Simḥat Torah reflects the spirit of a close ...
, October 28, 2022 High Holidays Holidays
OMer Mixtape 2024: Week 3 Tiferet

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 3 Tiferet

...the center, our core. Compassion in Hebrew is רחמים (rakhamim), which comes from the same root as womb. To have compassion, we pull from ...
April 9, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Jewish Pride Guides My Actions

Jewish Pride Guides My Actions

...my synagogue community, to know the words and melodies. In college, I began to study Jewish history more seriously, particularly the Holocaust. Jewish pride ...
November 28, 2023 #beamaccabee Hanukkah

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March 25, 2022
Prayers of the Matriarchs of Agency, Choice, and Action

Prayers of the Matriarchs of Agency, Choice, and Action

...I am a proud single mom. I have, in my personal opinion, the two best kids on earth. I am a professional at a ...
February 15, 2023 Liturgy Personal Prayer
How To Live A Morally Good Life

How To Live A Morally Good Life

...its credit, this vision produces freedom and creativity. Communities, though, are completely voluntary, and so, aside from duties established by law, one needs to ...
September 17, 2024 Ethics High Holidays
Flags at the Shabbat Table

Flags at the Shabbat Table

...cover. But until very recently, every Friday night, just as we imagined the angels entering our halcyon home to bless us, the kids would ...
, May 16, 2023 Parashat Bamidbar Parashat Bamidbar Dvar Torah
Acknowledging Jewish Trauma: A Tishah B'Av Chronicle

Acknowledging Jewish Trauma: A Tishah B’Av Chronicle

...(dirges) to help us process our communal grief. Over time many communities folded tragic outbursts of antisemitism into their Tishah B’Av commemorations, either reading ...
August 9, 2024 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av
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Friday Night Services at Synagogue: An Explainer

...sixteenth-century Safed by Rabbi Eleazar Azikri, whose theme is also the Jew’s longing for communion with the Divine. Where did Kabbalat Shabbat Come From? ...
, April 20, 2022 Erev Shabbat Prayer
Juneteenth 5782: Kiddush Over Red Drink

Juneteenth 5782: Kiddush Over Red Drink

...this year, we’re free. Download the Juneteenth: A Day of Freedom Haggadah and Seder 2022 below: Download the Haggadah See additional materials and panel ...
June 17, 2022 Holidays Juneteenth (US)
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The Seder: An Overview

...Freedom, for example, is an edition of the Haggadah published by the Conservative movement. It is a fine example of the kind of Haggadah ...
, March 22, 2022 How to observe Passover Passover
The Mitzvah of Environmental Sustainability

The Mitzvah of Environmental Sustainability

...the past few decades, and despite the impressive activism and writings of Jews committed to promoting climate and environmental stability, no comprehensive, over-arching mitzvah ...
January 3, 2024 CJLS Climate and Environment
Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah

Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah

...As we are increasing our awareness of the multi-racial composition of our peoplehood, many have felt that even in the absence of a guidebook ...
, June 12, 2023 Holidays Juneteenth (US)
How do I observe Selichot?

How do I observe Selichot?

...help us access compassion – God’s compassion, one another’s compassion, and our own. Our prayers call out: “We trust in Divine Compassion” and “We ...
August 30, 2022 Elul High Holidays
Parashat Bo Haftarah: Coming Home

Coming Home

...the patriarchs of Genesis and then the laws given to us in the following books to help us keep the land once we got ...
, January 19, 2023 Parashat Bo Parashat Bo Haftarah
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 7 Malkhut and Shekhina

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 7 Malkhut and Shekhina

...forged and steps are ready to be taken, leadership emerges to guide the journey. Nobility means to lead with ideals, ethics, and a moral ...
April 10, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Prayer for Simchat Torah War

Prayer for Simchat Torah War

...and distress, a day of calamity and desolation, a day of darkness and deep gloom, a day of densest clouds. [4] May it be ...
, October 13, 2023 Israel Living
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 1 Chesed

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 1 Chesed

...a more surface-level love, the initial infatuation. For example, the first song alphabetically, “Adore You” by Harry Styles is about falling for someone’s aura. ...
April 7, 2024 Holidays Omer Intentions

Secret Sins

...reiterate commandments that were stated earlier in the Torah. Some overlap with the Ten Commandments, like the prohibition on idolatry and on cursing one’s ...
, June 9, 2023 Parashat Ki Tavo Parashat Ki Tavo Dvar Torah
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 4 Netzach

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 4 Netzach

...Shavuot when we recall receiving the Torah. The Israelites have all of the ambitions of a recently freed people, and the promise of a ...
April 10, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder

Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder

...different copies of the Haggadah, either physical copies or on a website like Haggadah.com, and look for readings and retellings that speak to you ...
March 13, 2024 Holidays Passover

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March 28, 2023

Bar, Bat and B. Mitzvah – Where did it Come From and Where is it Going?

...Torah and rabbinic law. It usually features a combination of study, leading part of a prayer service or study, and a festive meal or ...
May 1, 2023 B-Mitzvah Lifecycles
How to Appropriately Celebrate Simchat Torah in 5785

How to Appropriately Celebrate Simchat Torah in 5785

...and dancing on Simchat Torah 5785. Each rabbi, community leader, or ritual committee can decide what suits their community. For example, one hakafah could ...
September 20, 2024 Halakhah High Holidays

Does Prohibited Speech Apply to the Internet?

...also cf. Rashi’s comment on Leviticus 19:16, s.v. lo teileikh rakhil).  Thus, as the ways in which we communicate become incrementally more complicated and ...
May 18, 2023 Ethics Inclusion

Ethical Approaches to Advertising: A Jewish Perspective

...to preserve the sense of free competition they valued in the marketplace, allowed this practice since, as the Talmud explains, other shopkeepers were always ...
, May 25, 2023 Business Ethics Commerce
The history of Mitzvot

The History of Tzedakah

...some other community; the members of a Jewish community are responsible for each other, whether they like it or not. The Application of Tzedakah ...
, May 24, 2023 Charity Every Day

Which animals are kosher?

...Simply put, the Torah declares that certain animals may be eaten (after they have been slaughtered, inspected, and prepared appropriately) and others not. Table ...
, February 14, 2023 Every Day Guidelines for Keeping Kosher
Parashat Tetzaveh Study Guide: Whose Light Is It?

Study Guide: Whose Light Is It?

...building materials were voluntary contributions. Why do you think that this is by command but the building materials for the Tabernacle were brought on ...
, February 19, 2023 Parashat Tetzaveh Parashat Tetzaveh Study Guide
The Sukkah

The Sukkah

...exempt from the mitzvah, nor should they imagine that they can fulfill the commandment by belonging to a community that builds a communal sukkah ...
, October 13, 2022 Building a Sukkah High Holidays

Jewish Prayer Leaders

Prayer Leaders In the Jewish liturgical setting, an individual is designated to lead the prayer service. Sometimes this person is a professional Rabbi or ...
, May 16, 2023 Every Day Prayer
Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 2 Gevurah

Omer Mixtape 2024: Week 2 Gevurah

...sefira. It’s fascinating to find songs across genres that speak to the same theme with a completely different approach. *Please note, my playlists include ...
April 8, 2024 Holidays Omer Mixtape
Study Guide Parashat Pekudei: Clean in the Eyes of God

Study Guide: Clean in the Eyes of God

Shemot 38:21-30 21 These are the accounts of the tabernacle, …which was counted according to the commandment of Moshe… 24 All the gold that ...
, February 22, 2023 Parashat Pekudei Parashat Pekudei Study Guide
Reflections on Death (1973)

Reflections on Death (1973)

...man surrenders his freedom, and only God’s will is done. The soul is receptive, there is no room for freedom. Life here and now ...
September 22, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Confronting Death
Bright Wings

Bright Wings

...and take him, and bear him along his pinions” (Deuteronomy 32:11). The midrash and commentators invoke this verse to link revelation, creation, and redemption, ...
, June 12, 2023 Parashat Haazinu Parashat Haazinu Dvar Torah

Pitch a Piece

Pitch a Piece This website is a reflection of many different views, insights, and experiences. We hope you will contribute an original piece! This ...
March 25, 2022

The Times of Day for Prayer

...community. During the Morning or Afternoon Service, the rules are similar. If one comes in and finds the community at prayer, one must estimate ...
, May 17, 2023 Every Day Prayer

Eating in Non-Kosher Restaurants

The question of eating in non-kosher restaurants is very complex and was first addressed directly in a Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) ...
, February 14, 2023 Every Day Kashrut
Why I Change the Melodies: Exploring Keva and Kavanah

Why I Change the Melodies: Exploring Keva and Kavanah

...steps into their new lives of Freedom. Although this text may have once come spontaneously out of the hearts of the Jewish people as ...
January 22, 2024 Holidays Music

High Holiday Liturgy: Making Meaning from the Metaphors for God

...come naturally, it is beneficial to study this liturgy in the way we would analyze a poem in an English literature class. In this ...
September 18, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Life exists in relation

Life Exists in Relation

...existence. “I moved the book”. “I saw her”. “I prayed”. In each of these examples, there is a clear subject and a clear (or ...
January 27, 2023 Every Day Learning
Parashat Ki Tissa Haftarah: Hopping Between Two Branches

Hopping Between Two Branches

...both by plague from God and by massacre by the Levites. And then we return, again, to worship of God and are given the ...
, February 22, 2023 Parashat Ki Tisa Parashat Ki Tisa Haftarah

Prayers and Practices of the Weekday Amidah

...is being recited (for example these blessings are very different whether one is saying the Amidah on Shabbat or on a weekday). The final ...
, May 16, 2023 Afternoon Prayers (Mincha) Amidah
What is a Brit Milah, Jewish Ritual Circumcision?

What is a Brit Milah: Jewish Ritual Circumcision?

...universe, who, sanctifying us with divine commandments, has commanded regarding circumcision. There are three steps in the circumcision procedure: milah (the actual cutting of ...
, June 20, 2022 Baby Naming Brit Milah
Tisha B'av in Rome 1949

Tisha Be-Av In Rome, Under the Arch of Titus (1949)

...Tish’a be-Av, following the chanting of the Ekhah, particularly where youth are assembled for the observance of the day. Download PDF for Full Article ...
June 30, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal
Kashrut en Pesaj

Kashrut en Pesaj

...elemento para dorar no puede ser kasherizado (CJLS Responsa 1980–1990, págs. 248–249). Como se mencionó anteriormente, los platos de vidrio utilizados para comer y ...
, April 11, 2024 Guidelines for a Kosher Kitchen Holidays
Deja Jew, or, Asking the Question Yet Again: Why Be Jewish?

Deja Jew, or, Asking the Question Yet Again: Why Be Jewish?

Several years ago, the Council of Jewish Federations commissioned a study to explore the state of American Jewry, to find out about Jewish survival.  ...
August 13, 2023 Daily Living Embodied Prayer
The Binding of Isaac: What Does God Want?

The Binding of Isaac: What Does God Want?

...his companions affirm that he and Isaac will go just over there, bow down, and will return. Is he lying?  Some commentators say that ...
September 19, 2024 High Holidays Holidays
Keeping Our Cool

Keeping Our Cool

...Talmud and midrash, in expanding upon Moshe’s response, offer us a lesson in anger management that applies both to the sacred precinct and to ...
, March 26, 2023 Parashat Shemini Parashat Shemini Dvar Torah

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