Other Holidays Rituals Archives

7 Ways to Make Shavuot More Meaningful

On Shavuot, Jews celebrate Matan Torah, the Giving of the Torah. If you didn’t grow up Jewish, or even if you...

Editor’s note: This year is different, and some of these activities are more accessible right now than...

My husband Zach has been doing up Passover big the past couple of years. Before we were married, I would quasi-host...

The moon has recently become new, and therefore our Jewish calendar has just transitioned to the month of Av,...

Our sukkah this year. As you can see, despite the Oregon Ducks’ train wreck of a loss last week, we continue...

1023 Originally published November, 2007. Republished November, 2014 This is the year. For the first time...

I love the holiday of Sukkot! As a congregational rabbi, Sukkot—which comes just five days after Yom Kippur—offers...

There’s a great feature on JewishBoston.com called “Ask A Rabbi.” And you needn’t be...

On the Shabbat of Sukkot, the harvest festival that the Pilgrims chose as a model for Thanksgiving, the scroll...

As I heard the rhythmic song begin its first beat, I knew this song was not going to be funny or clever. ...

814 The Holiday Dinner Jeff and Jenny planned to spend Passover with Jeff’s Jewish parents. They...