In what is surely one of our tradition’s most curious practices, some bake what is called “schlissel challah” the first ...

Calling out in prayer and beseeching God to answer our supplications involves an element of entitlement, perhaps even ...

Circumcision: Demonic Practice or Theological Covenant. Yigal Bin-Nun . The practice of foreskin removal likely originated in ...

Jesus' apostle, Peter, failed in many ways, but when the tomb was opened, he had not given up hope. That's the promise of Easter ...

Top rabbis and close relatives speak at an emotional launch at a Jerusalem hotel.The post Rabbi Riskin’s new book portrays ...

Shlissel challah is a special loaf baked the first sabbath after Passover. We trace the modern route by which the bread has ...

They know how to create light, to bring repair to the world. Returning to our initial question—how should we call the Sabbath before Independence Day? I propose calling it Shabbat Peliah (The ...

When my LDS ancestors first entered the valley into Utah and fanned out into what are now neighboring states, they fancied ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the ...