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Jewish Mourning: Feeling the Pain While Continuing Life
Jewish law has a recipe for all aspects of life. For each stage of life, there are laws and customs that help us to approach, adapt to, and learn from whatever we are facing, from a Torah point of view…
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Why Do We Mourn on Tisha B’Av?
Tisha b’Av is a day synonymous with sorrow and grief. We mark the day by fasting, refraining from washing, from wearing leather shoes, from greeting one another, and so much more…
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A Feminine Perspective on the 17th Tammuz
The Netivot Shalom divides the year into two parts. One part, beginning on Purim with wiping out Amalek…
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The Halachot of the Three Weeks
Many tragedies have struck the Jewish people during this time, including the destruction of both the first and second Temples…
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Lessons in Kindness and Responsibility in Megillat Ruth
The story of Ruth is a magnificent telling of the effect of our personal decisions and actions on our shared destiny.
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Torah: Our Map, Our Milk
Why does the Torah not state the specific day of Shavuot (and only refer to the festival with the names Shavuot, Day of the first fruits, and the festival of reaping)?
