With Great Appreciation
Take a moment to ponder and appreciate what Israel’s independence as the Jewish homeland has meant to the Jewish community around the world and all of the incredible accomplishments of…
Kedoshim 5782-2022
“Giving Proper Reproof” (updated and revised from Kedoshim 5763-2003) by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Kedoshim, we encounter the well-known Biblical dictum,…
Kosher Hot Dogs
If you live in a city with a large Jewish population, the next time you attend a ballgame at the stadium, be sure to ask whether there is a kosher food stand. You may be pleasantly…
A Look at Honesty
In honor of Honesty Day (created by M. Hirsh Goldberg in the 1990s), which is tomorrow, Jewish Treats presents some fascinating insights into the Jewish view on the importance of……
Transparency
Be honest in your dealings with all people. There is a time-honored custom dating back to the Geonic period, over 1,000 years ago to study a chapter of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers,…
Remember
The Jewish nation has a long historical memory. Jewish history is replete with accounts of those who attacked Jews and Jewish communities, and the records of countless victims. On the…
Contemplate
As we commemorate today, on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, the tragic events that befell European Jewry, remember, as we recited in the Haggadah during the Passover seder, that…
Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day
Yom Hashoah, is observed each year on the 27th of Nissan, which is tonight and tomorrow. Jews around the world will mark Yom Hashoah (Officially Yom Ha’zikaron La’shoah V’ha’g’vurah,…
Acharei Mot 5782-2022
“The Jewish Method of Achieving Moral Perfection” (Updated and revised from Acharei Mot 5763-2003) by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Acharei Mot, we read one…
The Song of Songs
“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. Because of the fragrance of your goodly oils, your name is ‘oil poured forth.’ Therefore, the maidens…