< Lesson 10: Making Egg Salad and Tuna Salad on Shabbos Lesson 11: Making Salad on Shabbos In this lesson, Rabbi Rappaport discusses the issues involved with making salads on […]
Judaism 101
Judaism 101 offers insight into the beliefs, practices, and history of Judaism, providing a solid foundation for further study.
Fear at Sinai This week’s Torah reading, Parshat Yisro, depicts the awesome event of the Jews receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. It was a frightening experience, with a lot […]
“How Could I forget her birthday?!” Someone confided in me that she’d forgotten a friend’s birthday. The friend was very upset. I couldn’t relate, because I’m a guy, and I […]
A Smoking Cigarette You’ve probably noticed that my titles are often known phrases or plays on words. Part of it is to pique your interest, and part of it is […]
Why Are You Praying? In this week’s Torah reading, the Jews were running away from the Egyptians who were pursuing them. But then, they reached a point where they were […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Bo, Moshe (Moses) warned Pharaoh that at midnight, Egypt will be inflicted with a plague, with which all the first-borns will be killed, for […]
The Ten Plagues – Measure for Measure This week’s Torah reading describes the first seven plagues the Egyptians suffered for refusing to allow the Jews to leave the land. Besides […]
< Lesson 9: Making Guacamole for Shabbos Lesson 10: Making Egg Salad and Tuna Salad on Shabbos It is a time-honored tradition to have egg salad, or eir mit tzvibel […]
Magic Tricks – A Display of Dexterity As a kid, I loved magic. I wanted to be a magician because it was so cool to be able to do things […]
A Reason For the Same Old It’s interesting when you take note of things that are most often a certain way and you realize that there’s a reason for it. […]
