Moving the Mountain
The Jewish people experienced a unique event at Mt. Sinai. Hashem spoke to an entire people…
The Land of Israel – 5781
The counting of the Omer is intimately connected to the Land of Israel, declaring the first…
Chosen People – Chosen Food
The second half of this week’s parsha, Shmini, deals with the laws of kashrut, the dietary…
A Really Brief Guide to Pesach
The Seder – Seminar in a Meal The Seder is structured around the fulfillment of a…
Four Cups, Four LeChaims
The Meshech Chochmah on the Four Cups (Parshas VaEirah) Our Sages instituted 4 cups of wine…
Remember the Exodus, But Don’t Forget the Eisodus.
Pesach celebrates a historic event – the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt…
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Drinking Wine on [a day like] Yom Kippur
One of the most peculiar laws of Purim is the obligation to drink wine, and even…
The Purim Back Story and Jewish Survival
The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt. The Jews had been…
Calvin and Hobbes and Judaism
I recently cited Thomas Hobbes in an article that I wrote, and I received criticism for…
Coffee – The Grind and the Gemara
I confess that we in the Becher home are coffee fanatics. We only buy recently roasted…