Seven Days To The Sea
The Passover celebration lasts seven days (eight days, outside of Israel. For more information as to why, please click here). The first day (and second, outside of Israel) is a Yom Tov,…
Seven Days to the Sea
The Passover celebration lasts seven days (eight days, outside of Israel). The first day (and second, outside of Israel) is a Yom Tov, festival day, on which the seder is celebrated.…
Out To Sea
In honor of International Seafarers Day, Jewish Treats presents a brief look at seafaring in the biblical canon. The patriarchs and matriarchs were total “landlubbers.” In fact, the…
Celebrate the Sea
Celebrate the miracles that occurred at the Red Sea during the final days of Passover.
Know Your Sea Creatures
Study the Talmud to learn more about the Leviathan, the sea creature that was killed and preserved by God in salt for the righteous in the World to Come.
A Sea Creature for Eternity
Study the Talmud to learn more about the Leviathan, the sea creature that was killed and preserved by God in salt for the righteous in the World to Come.
A Sea Creature for Eternity
Study the Talmud to learn more about the Leviathan, the sea creature that was killed and preserved by God in salt for the righteous in the World to Come.
B’shalach 5774-2014
“Analysis of the ‘Shira,’ the Song of Moses Crossing the Sea” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat B’shalach, as they cross to freedom through the parted waters…
B'shalach,Weekly Message,Genesis
B’shalach 5772-2012
"Pharaoh's Ultimate Fate" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Beshalach, we read of the splitting of the Red Sea and the miraculous salvation of the Israelites…
Passover II 5775-2015
“The Final Days: Expressing Gratitude” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald Rabbi Eliyahu Kitov, in his masterful work Sefer HaTodaah (The Book of Our Heritage), explains that the seventh day of…