In Honor of World Health Day
World Health Day, which is sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), is an annual event held on April 7th, the anniversary of the founding of the WHO in 1948. A sub-agency of the…
World Food Day
It is a fundamental Jewish belief that in the era of the Messiah, the world will be transformed into a state of perfection. As stated by Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides - 12th…
Prep Time
Use this Shabbat and this Sunday, erev Shavuot, both part of the Sh’loshet Y’mei Hagbalah, the three days that precede Shavuot, to learn more about, and to delve into the wisdom of the…
Thank You Nurses
In honor of National Nurses Week, Jewish Treats honors a Jewish woman who made a tremendous impact on the world of public health. Lillian D. Wald (1867–1940) was born in Cincinnati, OH to…
Passover 5785-2025
“Ancient Customs in a New Light” (updated and revised from Passover 5766-2006) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald Due to the festival of Passover, the regular Torah reading from the book of…
Tzav 5785-2025
“Zevach Sh’lamim--Learning to Celebrate Life” (updated and revised from Tzav 5766-2006) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Tzav, we learn of the Peace…
The Fast of Esther
The Fast of Esther will be observed tomorrow, March 13th which coincides with the 13th of Adar on the Hebrew calendar. “Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and…
Tetzaveh 5785-2025
“Drawing Close to G-d" (updated and revised from Tetzaveh 5766-2006) by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Tetzaveh, G-d instructs the people to make sacred garments…
Noah 5785-2024
“Eleven Lessons from Noah’s Ark” (updated and revised from Noah 5765-2004) By Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Noah, we read of the great deluge that inundated…
Rosh Hashana,Weekly Message,Haazinu
Rosh Hashana/Haazinu 5785-2024
“Jewish Normal, Is Not Very Normal” (updated and revised from Haazinu-Rosh Hashana 5774-2013) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Haazinu, Moses, speaking to the…