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...
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,...
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 t...
I am not Jewish, nor do I know that much about the Jewish religion, but I do believe this is a good idea to do on a regular basis. We should all help each other out, and help animals out as well. I think it is nice that they include the smaller nice tasks as mitzvahs too, ...
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...
1 :a righteous and saintly person by Jewish religious standards. 2 : the spiritual leader of a modern Hasidic community. What is the meaning of tzitzit? :the fringes or tassels worn on traditional or ceremonial garments by Jewish males as reminders of the commandmentsof Deuteronomy 22:12 and ...
He orchestrated the literal kidnapping of a Jewish boy on the basis that he had been secretly baptized by a servant. Edgardo Mortara lived under “papal protection” until adulthood, despite the desperate pleas of his parents. The story brought waves of outrage, and contributed to Pius IX’s ...
And ifweas Jews want to deny our functional whiteness, as I sense some do, to duck the issue of the privileges we receive from it (even as we face anti-Jewish bias), so be it. But understand: the cost of that denial is being seen as a distinct race after all. ...
Brightly illustrated with cheerful, colorful artwork, I Go to the Ohel is a picturebook designed especially to teach young Jewish children (or children of any other faith!) how to properly behave in the holy place and interact with the Rebbe. I Go to the Ohel Ohel C, Heiervang E, Rodri...
halacha– Jewish law Hasidic/Hasidim– see Chassidish/Chassidim Hashem– literally, Hebrew for “the name,” as in, the name of G-d. This is how frum Jews will refer to G-d. hashgacha– the way G-d runs the world, or oversees it ...