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Megillat Ruth: The Halachic Roadmap for Welcoming Converts
After her friend shared with her a promising Shidduch prospect, Yael’s excitement became palpable. From what she heard, the boy has several of the qualities she was looking for: good middot, serious in his Torah learning, and intelligent. However, her enthusiasm was quickly shattered when she picked up the phone: “I’m sorry, Yael”, said her…
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The Women of Shavuot: Torah Through the Eyes of Chutzpah Girls
Each of these women came from different times, places, and social realities…
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The Custom of Eating Dairy Foods on Shavuot
…milk is a necessity and honey is a luxury…
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Putting Hashem Back at the Center
This Shavuot, as we commemorate the giving of the Torah, highlighted by B’nei Yisrael’s powerful response of “na’aseh v’nishma — we will do and we will listen” (Shemot 24:7), we are given a meaningful opportunity to reflect on our own service of Hashem: where it may be lacking, and how we can strengthen and renew
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Matan Torah: A Feminine Event
The giving of the Torah at Har Sinai was the realization of a centuries-long dream. Generations before, Avraham Avinu was told that his descendents would be “strangers in a land not their own” but that Hashem would eventually redeem them, and they would leave their place of bondage with great wealth. This journey began with
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Lessons in Kindness and Responsibility in Megillat Ruth
The Book of Ruth is customarily read on Shavuot. Some relate this custom to the fact that the story takes place during the harvest season, which the festival of Shavuot celebrates. Some connect it to the fact that just as Ruth accepted the Torah on Shavuot, so do we. Another opinion is that it is
