Display the seder plate and hide the afikomen – Passover begins this week. Passover, or Pesach, the Festival of Freedom, is a major Jewish holiday during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, ...

“There are many lights in light,” according to a line in the Talmud. Hillel’s words refer to the blessing over the Havdalah candle, but can be applied no less to Chanukah. The most exquisite of new ...

As the days brighten and spring kicks into full swing, Jews all over the world prepare for Passover, a weeklong holiday that is one of Judaism’s most widely celebrated and most important observances.

One of the great lines in Shakespeare is from Romeo and Juliet, when the latter asks, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Shakespeare was referring to ...

Sukkot (“booths” or “huts” in Hebrew) is a joyous holiday when Jews all over the world build temporary dwellings with roofs ...