Israel tradition
The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)
One element of the washing is called “shifshuf yadayim,” which literally means “rubbing the hands,” and is initially described in the Tosefta (Yadaim 1:2), a 2nd-century CE compilation of Torah law.
Passover, tradition and the value of money
This week in Jerusalem: Tradition, tradition!
The hour of great people
Masks and magic
The importance of costuming oneself for Purim.
The Tisch: The charm of cholent
Preparing and eating cholent – or any of its many variations – is a statement of faith and fidelity to Jewish tradition.
Jerusalem Post Editorial: Wedding tradition
It should be the right of the local rabbi to adhere to a more stringent interpretation of Jewish law. But at the same time, citizens should not be beholden to religious functionaries.
Grapevine: Topnotch kiddush
The turnout at the Hazvi Yisrael Synagogue in Talbiyeh on Saturday was one of the exceptions to the rule.
Think Again: The Shabbos Project comes to Israel
A young couple that labeled the possibility of a day without social media ‘laughable’ found that it was actually relaxing.
Tradition Today: The two loves of Hillel
Hillel’s teaching may be 2,000 years old, but it has not lost its meaning and its importance.
The laws of (beer) purity
A new exhibition at the Jewish museum in Munich commemorates 500 years of authentic alcohol distillation and the tribe’s involvement in it
A Chabad House on the Moon?
As a Japanese sports drink company is working to put a giant soda can on the moon, and Ilan Musk is proposing his 'space taxi', perhaps it is time to talk about getting a Chabad House up there too.
