Holidays

In his Yiddish poem "Hanukkah" (1932), Avrom Liessen poignantly recalled his early experience of the holiday. Dov Greenwood's vivid translation transports us into that wondrous world.

Daniel Berkove shows how parallels between the building of the Tabernacle and the building of Pharaoh's storage cities shed light on the differences between civilizations that those structures represent.

Zev Eleff explains what Zionism has to do with Sukkot, at least in America.

Chana Chava Ford explains what Sukkot might teach us about real religious change.

"Who Knows" seems to have become a recurring question for so many of us. Erica Brown shares personal and biblical reflections on the meaning of this phrase for the age of coronavirus.

In his latest for the Lehrhaus, Dan Ornstein creatively imagines the story of the Talmudic sage Rabbi Yohanan through his teachings on the Book of Job. The short story is followed by a reflection on the methodology and power of "contemporary midrash."

Tikva Hecht’s moving elegy for her mother, a lyric essay told in verse and art, reflects on the fragility of life and the final confession we recite in the Yom Kippur Amidah.

In his latest poem, Bruce Black meditates on the Chanukah miracle and the miracles of everyday life

Tzvi Sinensky suggests that the Megillah itself confronts the question of Purim's legitimacy.

Yosef Lindell offers a brief history of Pesah guides.