Holidays

נמשלת ללבנה ניסן תשפ׳ו שושנה הברמן והוצאתי והצלתי וגאלתי .ולקחתי כאיילת השחר שבקע אורה ,כך היא גאולתן של ישראל ,בתחילה קימעא קימעא כל מה שהיא הולכת .היא רבה, והולכת ?היינו כחולמים -בזמן שהרועה תועה .תועין אחריו -אבל אפילו בצל...

David Schwartz explores thematic similarities between the Hanukkah miracle and Pharaoh’s dreams.

Julie and Uri Goldstein offer a timely Haggadah for reflection this year.

Dan Margulies explores various opinions on where to light a Hanukah Lamp in dorms and apartments.

Through a nuanced examination of interrelated minhagim, Nachman Levine shows how the custom of eating dairy foods, particularly blintzes, on Shavuot reenacts a collective initiation into Torah Study, allowing us to reexperience Revelation.

Jerome Marcus on the Akeidah: It's not about ethics vs. divine command, but about Hashem versus Elokim!

In this poem, Avi Schild reflects on the source of the blasting cry we hear on Rosh Hashanah.

Ben Lorber reflects on the meaning of ya'aleh ve-yavo.

What happens at the end of the old year? Hillel Broder explored this boundary in his new poem for the Lehrhaus.

Yaakov Jaffe examines different views on which of Ruth's attributes first sparked Boaz's attention, and explores what that means about how we define a Jewish hero.