Tu B’Av is what we Jews have instead of Valentine’s Day. We learn of it from the end of Tractate Ta’anit, the tractate of the Talmud which discusses when and why Jews fast. Following its discussion of the fast of ...
Did you know that Masorti Judaism runs a 3-week intensive Jewish text study course at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem? This year, the course was led by Rabbi Roni Tabick, and we’re delighted to announce that the programme was a gr...
The latter half of today’s double portion, Parashat Mas‘ei, is a geographer’s dream. Its very name means “travels,” and it opens with Moses providing a review of the decades of wandering, naming the people’s encampments p...
