This interpretive turn — from law as enumeration to law as moral formation — marks one of the most radical moves in medieval ...

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld carefully inks letters on parchment for a Torah that he is writing by hand at Ohev Sholom synagogue in Washington. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly ...

In the category of “What are we supposed to learn from this?” we finally get an easy one to figure out and an opportunity to reflect on how we treat our seforim in general. The moving photo below ...

A new written Torah, the Unity Torah of Bellaire, was dedicated at the Shul of Bellaire a week before Rosh Hashana, setting the stage for the joyfulness of the High Holy Days, which will come to a ...

The end of the High Holy Days brings some relaxation and fun after the intensity of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot ...