https://myhebrewwords.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/25-%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%94-sha-na-what-a-year/ The 3-letter root Shana has several different meanings but the most common in everyday speech is “year”. A year is the time it takes the Earth t...
Sotah – Oppression or Empowerment? Parashat Nasso contains the famous law of the Sotah (Num. 5:11-31), the woman who is suspected by her husband of having committed adultery. In such a case her husband can bring her to the priest (k...
Sweetness drops from your lips, Oh bride; Honey and milk are under your tongue…” –Song of Songs 4:11 Cheesecake or ice cream? Long before cheesecake or ice cream were invented Jews ate dairy foods on Shavuot, but the origins o...
