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Promises, promises.

"These days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every…

The first daf (page) of Masechet Megillah focuses on the distinction between open and…

Masechet Ta'anit ends with a description of how, on the 15th of Av and on Yom Kippur, "the…

Perhaps no greater question has vexed the Jewish people as that of our relationship with the…

For most of the world, the year 1492 marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to…

Sukkot marks the beginning of the rainy season, and Rabbi Eliezer opines that we should start…

"If not for my covenant, day and night, the laws of heaven and earth, I would not have created…

It is hard enough to do what is right. Our wants, desirers, egos, social pressure, and the like…

Living in Canada, it is hard to get excited about rain. Often it puts a damper on nice summer plans…

One of the most popular images in our tradition is that of a tree. Its many component parts reflect…

"Memati mazkirin gevurat geshamim, from when do we begin to mention the power of rain?" (…

The last Mishnah in Masechet Rosh Hashanah quotes a debate between the Sages and Rabban Gamliel on…

The fourth and last chapter of Masechet Rosh Hashanah focuses on the mitzvah of shofar and the…

"Kol Yisrael areivim zeh bazeh, all Jews are co-signers [responsible] for one another" (…

G-d is known as kel mistater, a hidden G-d (Yishayahu 46:15). Being created in His image, man, too…

There is a widespread custom to decorate our shuls with flowers in honour of Shavuot. This…

"It was taught in the name of Rabbi Meir: Why was the Torah given to the Jewish people?" (Beitzah…