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

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The New Testament presents the Pharisees as a group that vehemently opposed the ministry of Jesus. Yet, a select few among ...

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

Almost all Americans — 92 percent of adults — say they experience some form of spiritual belief, whether in a god, human ...

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

On Shabbat Tetzaveh, the Shabbat before Purim ... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also cited Amalek. In the ...

The events of the Holy Week are recorded in all four Gospels of the Bible’s New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The legislation specifies no tax money will fund the displays and requires them to be shown alongside historical documents like the Declaration of Independence. But some scholars have legal concerns.