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What does Judaism say about animal rights?
Today, many are concerned with the ethical treatment of animals as pets, in commercial farming, in medical testing and other fields. What rights do a…
6 years, 9 months ago
Can a DNA Test Determine Jewish Status?
In 2003, the human genome project decoded the entire human DNA sequence. As a result, we can now easily read and match any person's DNA quickly and e…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Jews of Babylon
One of the oldest - and for a long time the largest - Jewish communities in the world is the Jewish community of Babylon in modern day Iraq. Jews liv…
6 years, 9 months ago
Does Judaism Permit Gambling?
Gambling, betting and lotteries are all old forms of entertainments that have been around for thousands of years. Some societies, frowned on financia…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Mystical Meaning of the Chanukah Lights
Chanukah is a festival of light. Every night we light one more candle in the Menorah to commemorate that miracle of light that occurred over 2,000 ye…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Kabbalah of Dreams
What is the meaning of dreams? What causes them? Are they just our imagination gone wild or it there a deeper meaning to dreams? Can dreams guide us …
6 years, 10 months ago
Mama Rochel - Our Mother Rachel
Perhaps the most significant and memorialized of our Matriarchs is Jacob's favorite wife Rachel known in Yiddish as Mama Rochel. After waiting for ma…
6 years, 10 months ago
Infertility: A Jewish Perspective
Many of our early ancestors including Abraham and Sara, Isaac and Rebecca and Jacob and Rachel suffered with infertility. Today, we have modern medic…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Pidyon Haben Ceremony
Pidyon Haben (lit. Redemption of the Son) is a unique ceremony performed on first born sons when they are 30 days old. The ceremony is not performed …
6 years, 11 months ago
Kiddush & Havdallah
Central to Shabbat observance are the Kiddush and Havdallah ceremonies performed at the beginning and end of Shabbat with a cup of wine. What do the …
6 years, 11 months ago