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Shiloh Musings (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I grew up in a Jewish home of minimal Jewish traditions. I discovered Torah Judaism when Modern Orthodoxy was beginning to shake off the "new immigrant" mentality where the priority was to fit into American society. That was about forty-five years ago, and since then Jewish learning and delving into the Halachik (Jewish Law) literature has grown amazingly. Just take the Rosh Hashannah meal...
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A Simple Jew (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
(Painting by Isaac Besancon) A Simple Jew asks: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:22 states that it is appropriate to instruct your children before you die to strengthen their observance of a specific mitzvah on your behalf. Furthermore, it notes that if your children fulfill this mitzvah it is of greater significance than their reciting Kaddish. With the understanding that your answer is only offering a conjecture,...
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Magdeburger Joe (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
The setting sun will usher in Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. After reading and learning Torah all night long, the Ten Commandments will be read during the morning prayers, marking the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai in the Jewish year 2248. The Ten Commandments have had a powerful influence in the formation of Western values. Within Judaism, all of the 613 commandments have a connection to one of...
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DCist (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
Celebrating the Jewish holiday of Shavuot is pretty much the equivalent of a collegiate all-nighter. The religious festival commemorates the delivery of the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. One associated tradition includes eating dairy foods—the Jews were just sorting out the complicated kosher meat laws—so bring on the cheesecake! A second tradition is also, naturally, food...
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PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
HAPPY SHAVUOT (Festival of Weeks) to all those celebrating. It begins this evening at sundown. More here .
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