One year ago, I was comparing the plagues of the Passover story to the plague of Covid-19.

Distance and duration are central to this reconciliation narrative.

It is a letter to the generations — a personal call to the one who feels locked in.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist When the people saw that Moses was late in coming down from the mountain,...

We continued our annual tradition of baking hamantaschen.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist They will know that I, the Lord, am their God, Who brought them out...

We are being asked by the Torah to picture. This is no small thing.

For those who seek a philosophically perfect God, this parashah presents a challenge.

In the secular world, this weekend brings in a holiday known for love.

Rabbi Joseph Bronner, a distinguished teacher and community leader, died at the age of 97 last month. For many years, Rabbi Bronner taught a weekly...

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist And you shall erect the Tabernacle according to its proper manner, as you have...

As a second pandemic Passover holiday approaches, Haggadot.com knows there is a dramatically-increased interest in creating innovative Jewish ritual at home.

In the secular world, this weekend brings in a holiday known for love.

The bitterness of the actual can make the text quite hard to swallow.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a...

Clergy note the coinciding of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Tu Bishvat, the holiday celebrating the “new year” of the trees.

In forbidding sculpted images, God articulates a vision of the divine that cannot be bound up and kept.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist Honor your father and your mother, in order that your days be lengthened on...

Like the sea that split before the Israelites, we find ourselves at a point of division, in which ending and beginning tower on either side of us like walls.

Clergy note the coinciding of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Tu Bishvat, the holiday celebrating the “new year” of the trees.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist It came to pass when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not...

Rabbi Allen I. Freehling, a giant in the Jewish community and a champion of human and civil rights passed away peacefully on January 6,...

In watching the inauguration, so many of us were captivated by Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. History.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist The people picked up their dough when it was not yet leavened, their leftovers...

She was a wonderful spouse, mother, friend and community member.

Across the globe, it feels as if we are treading water.

One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist So Pharaoh’s heart stiffened and he would not let the Israelites go, just as...

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Freda Gleitman Goldstein, born Freda Weinstock, passed away on January 8, 2020 from complications related to Covid-19.

This book sheds light on parts of the Jewish tradition that we had not sufficiently appreciated before.

As a collective society blessed to live in this beautiful country, what are we teaching our children?