“Behind every great man...” So who were the women who gave their support to Moses and Aaron, the leaders of the Jewish people?
Tziporah, Moses’ wife, was one of the seven daughters of…
“The Death of Aaron’s Sons: The Midrashic Perspective”
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
This week’s parasha, parashat Shemini, speaks of the “eighth day” of the Tabernacle consecration…
"Who Were the Midwives?"
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
In this week's parasha, parashat Shemot, we read that Pharaoh, king of Egypt, orders the Hebrew midwives to kill the male children as…
Jewish Treats would like to wish a happy Father-in-Law’s Day to all our readers to whom it applies.
There are two prominent portraits of fathers-in-law in the Torah: Laban and Jethro.…
There’s an old wives’ tale that a man’s hair pattern (i.e. baldness) can be predicted by the hair of his mother’s brother. The genetic veracity of this claim is debatable, but, according…
When naming a child, parents are often faced with a great deal of outside pressure. Family, friends, co-workers--everybody has an opinion. Stressed-out parents should feel some relief…
