One of the most significant changes is regarding the Purim Seudah. Ordinarily, the meal is held in the afternoon and extends into the night. However, since it is Erev Shabbat, one must finish the main ...

On March 1, millions of Muslims around the globe ushered in the sacred month of Ramadan, marking the start of a month of ...

Our second grader is about to finish Tractate Berachot at school, and the fascinating phenomena unpacked in Science Behind the Mishnah are a great resource to match his natural curiosity about the ...

In the haftarah, too, Shaul faces a situation that requires the full participation of the entire nation, a milchemet mitzvah, ...

I don’t work on Saturdays. Ever. As an Orthodox Jew, I observe Shabbat, a religious practice that mandates rest on the seventh day of the week. From sundown on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays ...

For food historian Joel Haber, the “most Jewish food on earth” is cholent, or hamin, the Shabbat hotpot prepared and cooked on Friday and kept warm to enjoy for Saturday lunch. It expresses ...

That is: to be seen in Yerushalayim for these momentous occasions. However, the Mishnah in Masechet Chagigah points out that “Yera’eh” has the same spelling as “Yireh.” One means he ...

Agam Berger, one of the IDF lookouts who was freed from Hamas captivity, meets Rabbanit Tzili Schneider, chairwoman of the "Kesher Yehudi" organization, reveals how she observed Shabbat and the ...

Kissing Girls on Shabbat begins with a “trigger warning ... according to Halacha as stated in the Shulchan Aruch and the Mishna Berura. If it is determined by Rabbi Turkel of Lakewood ...

Shabbat, when defined by what cannot be done ... wrote that the Rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud had “developed and systematized (the laws of the Sabbath) to an extent which has made their ...

learning cycle for completing Tanakh annually. On Shabbat, each Torah portion is recited. On weekdays, Prophets and Writings are recited according to the ancient Masoretic division of sedarim. This ...