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You do not need to do much thinking to conclude that Fiddler on the Roof cannot be the be-all-and-end-all arbiter of Jewish culture.

Giving birth, and the days immediately afterward, are a sensitive time for the mother and the newborn, hanging a Shir Lamaalot card serves as a safeguard.

While it is always tempting to theorize that it became popularized due to well known singers and cantors putting it to catchy tunes, it is really the other way around.

Long before individually wrapped candies existed, the Talmud discussed throwing roasted grain and nuts before a bride and groom.

Is it the same as Shabbat?

Is it considered a candle made specifically for the departed?

The cemetery is the resting place of the righteous, and prayers offered there are more readily accepted.

This year's most popular Jewish names for first graders in Israel are in! Just in time for the 2026-2027 school year, Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority has published a list of the most common names among the country’s first-grade students. So,...

The Talmud discusses this question quite extensively.

Although the Torah's laws of damages existed long before computers, they provide categories and insight through which the laws and ethics of new technologies can be analyzed.