Beyond the halakhically (Jewish law) mandated mikveh uses (for conversion and for women getting married and observing niddah), the powerful symbolism of the mikveh waters has inspired various mikveh practices. For example, manyHasidic men immerse themselves in the mikveh every day. Others immerse e...
When she tells the rabbi, "See, Davidl, what I'm looking for is to be inspired, and reborn, and transformed," he excitedly responds, "Hasidus is Judaism like that!" and has her read the Tashma, a thinlyAntiSemitic hateJewish boomers...
This book investigates the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox, mostly Hasidic, homes in Western Galicia (now Poland) in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In extreme cases, hundreds of these women sought ref... R Manekin - The Rebellion of the Daughters: Jewish ...
As we get ready to observe the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Day of Atonement, I wanted to share a piece I wrote a few years ago on the Book of Jonah. Gmar Hatimah Tovah! May you and your loved ones be sealed in the Book of Life for a year of happiness and health,...
I'm not very familiar with the Jewish faith, but I think the idea of a mitzvah is a very nice one. If everyone did a small act of kindness every day, the world would be a much better place. I also think it's nice the idea of a mitzvah can include animals too. I have a few...
ST:It’s a great story about them. They’re first cousins. Eisenman’s mother is the poor one. Jewish family. Meier’s mother is the rich one. So Meier’s mother used to call Peter’s mother all the time and say, “What has Peter done? Richard just won ...
I think a Russian president had to admit that he was a "zionist" once because he supported Israel to be left as is. If Zion is another word for Jerusalem or church, people don't mean it that way if they are mixing up worldly ideas. Be careful with it. ...
Now while all Hasidic Jews turn their eyes away from the Cross, and some even cover their eyes, not this one. He first looked at me with his expression inaudibly saying, “There’s power here and this is a Jew expressing this power.” (All Jews easily recognize other racial Jews.) He...
“It’s a great pleasure,” he said. “This is something that we have been waiting for. It’s a great opportunity for us to expand our services and to grow and to learn how to be able to host many people.” Until the Chabad house opened in 2008, the only Jewish services were at...
Lag Ba’omer is a minor holiday that occurs on the 33rd day of theOmer, the 49-day period betweenPassoverandShavuot. A break from the semi-mourning of the Omer, key aspects of Lag Ba’omer include holdingJewish weddings(it’s the one day during the Omer when Jewish law permits them)...