The “new year” of the trees, also referred to as the birthday of the trees or Tu B’shvat, meaning the 15th of Shvat,...

As Modern Orthodox Jews, we’re all well versed in the practice of combining our authentic selves with who we feel we are supposed...

It is custom among Jews of Ashkenazi descent to read Sefer Kohelet, or Ecclesiastes, from the Ketuvim on the Shabbat of Chol Hamoed...

The morning I flew to Israel, I woke up at 6:20 am even though my alarm was not supposed to go off until 7:15. The anticipation...

Freshman Victory Fuchs sat anxiously in her seat as she waited to be called up to the stage in front of the whole school last...

Rosh Hashanah is one of my favorite holidays, as it reminds me that I have a new year ahead of me full of new experiences, challenges...

There are many things that make the nights of Passover different from all other nights. The classic examples are: On other...

Among the five Megillot and the five books of Moses, the story of Esther transcends in complexity and uniqueness. Most women in...

“The mishnah of Rosh Hashanah says that Tu B’shevat is really a technical day, the day that marks the new year for trees,”...

The Gemara in Masechet Sukkah (Sukkah 28b) explains that the requirement to dwell in the sukkah during Sukkot is to make it a...

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day for repentance, atonement, forgiveness. But something has always...