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What makes food kosher, why separate meat and dairy, and where do you begin if you’ve decided to keep kosher? A clear introduction to the laws that turn an ordinary table into an altar.

Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Heaven is especially open — but what exactly should you do during these ten days? Prayers, Selichot, tzedakah, and a woman’s special role in the days when the year is decided.

Why does Kabbalah call a hut of branches "the shade of faith," and a bouquet of four plants a portrait of the soul? A dive into the hidden meaning of Sukkot: the ushpizin, the light of the Shechinah, and the joy of the water.

After the seven days of Sukkot, the Almighty seems to ask: "stay one more day" — and the holidays end in dancing with the Torah scrolls. How these two days differ, why in Israel they merge into one, and where their special joy comes from.

A new dress for Pesach is not a whim but a mitzvah: the Talmud and the Rambam explicitly tell a husband to bring his wife joy with gifts. Where this obligation comes from, what it really means, and how to fulfill it beautifully.

One murder, which the sages equated with the burning of the Temple, changed the fate of an entire people. The story of the righteous leader Gedaliah and a lesson about where the line runs between trust and naivety.

From the blast of the shofar to dancing with the Torah scroll — seven steps of a single month. How each holiday of Tishrei adds its own brick to the bridge between the heart and Heaven.

The day Noach left the ark and humanity received its "short Torah" of seven commandments. Why this date speaks not only to Jews — and who the people are who call themselves Noahides today.

Anger, envy and pride poison life more than any outward circumstance, and in Jewish tradition working on one’s character is the very purpose for which the Torah was given. A practical map of tikkun ha-middot — from self-knowledge to the method of kabbalot.

Just as a merchant checks the accounts, the soul needs a regular audit. A step-by-step method for the ancient Jewish practice of "accounting of the soul" — with a journal, analysis techniques, and ways to stay on track.

Even the Almighty changed Sarah's words for the sake of peace in the family. When does the Torah permit departing from the literal truth – and where does the line run between saving tact and forbidden falsehood?

A true word can kill — three people at once, as the Talmud teaches. Where the line runs between honest conversation and the "evil tongue," and when speaking about other people's faults is actually necessary.

The first question asked in the Heavenly court is not "how much did you earn" but "did you conduct your business honestly." Why the Torah places honest scales above many other mitzvot, and what its business ethics can teach the modern world of commerce.

"Love your fellow as yourself" seems an unattainable ideal — but the Sages left us a concrete method. From small daily steps to working with a group of like-minded people: a path you can start today.

“Love your fellow as yourself” – is that even achievable? The kabbalist Baal HaSulam explains why this commandment does not contradict human nature but returns us to it.

Why the way we treat our fellow is the way we treat the Creator — and why even Yom Kippur does not forgive wrongs done to other people. On the mitzvot that turn everyday life into a spiritual practice.

Which qualities really matter in a future spouse, which prayers are said to bring a shidduch closer, and can you look for a match on Instagram while staying within the bounds of tzniut – a practical conversation about the most exciting topic of all.

Why does the bride circle the groom seven times, why is a glass broken, and what does the ring really mean? A guide to the meaning and laws of a Jewish wedding.

Where to look for the design of the One who designed us — and why it is dangerous to put this question off.

"Let G-d show me a sign — and I'll believe." Why the Almighty hides Himself behind the screen of nature, and what faith has in common with learning to ride a bicycle.

The wicked prosper while the righteous suffer — where is the justice? Jewish tradition offers an answer that turns our usual view of suffering, and of the hidden governance of the world, upside down.

“Am segulah” — a beloved treasure, or a heavy suitcase full of stones? What really stands behind the title of “chosen people,” and why chosenness is above all a measure of responsibility, not superiority.

Technologies replace one another, yet the questions "who am I?" and "what is it all for?" sound just as they did three thousand years ago. Why an ancient book still works as a precise navigation system today.

Asceticism, or the art of enjoying things the right way? An unexpected look at pleasure: why the nazir brings an offering for giving up life's joys, and how to tell the fireworks of a fleeting thrill from the sunlight of true happiness.

If the Creator is good, where does so much pain in the world come from? Jewish sources give three profound answers — about the purification of the soul, growth through trials, and the limits of human understanding.

The testimonies of people who have survived clinical death line up remarkably with descriptions from the books of the hidden teachings. What Jewish tradition knows about the soul's journey – before birth, after passing, and in the World to Come.

Where the Jewish prayer book came from, how the rites of different communities differ, and why it matters to hold on to the custom of your ancestors — a short guide to the central book of daily prayer.

Science speaks of 13.8 billion years, the Jewish calendar of not quite six thousand. The contradiction seems irresolvable — until you look closely at the assumptions on which the calculation itself is built.