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Jews from all around the world are preparing for the annual, week-long holiday of Passover, or Pesach, as it is known in ...
Christians worldwide will celebrate Palm Sunday, the first of many milestones of Holy Week, the period leading up to Easter and Jesus’ resurrection. This is the Sunday that celebrates Jesus’ triumphal ...
The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...
Spring is here, even if it doesn’t feel like it, which means Passover is just around the corner. It’s one of the most ...
Passover, a Jewish celebration of freedom from slavery in Egypt, is celebrated in April. Jewish families will once again come together to celebrate a Seder meal. Here is what you need to know about ...
Many American Jews remember Passover seders with the Maxwell House Haggadah — a printed version that was popular in the mid-20th century. But today there are many variations of Haggadot — some ...
The merkavah is, within the realm of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought, a vehicle that transports the Divine throne or ...
As Hebrew is an ancient language, I believe that studying it definitely widens one’s horizons when trying to understand God. Hebrew has many words and phrases to describe God that are imbued ...
The New York Times interviewed two people who described being detained by Israeli soldiers and looking on as they opened fire ...
Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar regularly takes to social media to denounce Zionist Jews as "Nazis" and "false Jews." ...
All the practices of the seder night reflect this important point: an infinite God exists, Omniscient, omnipotent, Who chose ...