Every Shabbat at synagogue, we make blessings over wine and bread together. A question that often arises when people see this is “Are...

Go to any observant home on a Friday night and you’ll see a beautifully set Sabbath table. While the table cloths and prayer books may...

Have you ever wondered why Challah, the beautiful braided bread, is a staple at every erev Shabbat dinner? Like many of the traditional...

We are just over halfway through the Yamim Noraim, Days of Awe, and just days away from Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement. According to tradition, this is the day Hashem seals the Books of Life and Death for the coming year. On Yom Kippur, we devote ourselves to communal repentance for sins committed over the course of the previous year. It is the most solemn day in the Jewish year; the day we are instructed to separate ourselves as much as possible from the physical demands o