Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The arrival of spring marks the approach of a couple of important religious holidays. And this year, they're coming later than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many Christians know of Passover through the story of Moses and the blood of the lamb, the story from the Jewish perspective ...

It’s a Jewish holiday that almost nobody remembers … I usually am reminded about it in shul at morning minyan, when I am pleasantly surprised that we don’t say tachanun that day! I’m speaking of ...

“Pesach is the oldest and most transformative story of hope ever told. It is a story of the defeat of probability by the force of possibility. It defines what it is to be a Jew: a living symbol of ...

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In the book of Leviticus, the Jews receive the laws of the Torah. These laws are all encompassing — ranging from the ritual to the dietary to the sexual to the financial. They are clear — dividing ...

We are approaching Pesach at a difficult time for many people. Many of us are in some degree of turmoil and are at best apprehensive as to how to ‘celebrate’ Pesach especially, how do we feel joy or ...

Passover is nearly here and the Jewish holiday plays an important role in Judaism, according to myjewishlearning.com. Only unleavened bread or "matzo" must may be eaten during the celebratory Jewish ...

The Torah verses convey profound messages that we can insightfully extract for our daily lives. Rabbi Shay Tahan, the Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra in Brooklyn, NY, graciously opens the gates to ...

But isn’t this requirement obvious? How can one eat anything made from dough on Pesach without protecting it from leavening? The Talmud states that to avoid transgressing the prohibition of chametz, ...

WASHINGTON — Through its cuisine, storytelling and customs, Passover commemorates the Israelites' enslavement and exodus from ancient Egypt as chronicled in Exodus, the second book of the Bible. The ...