Estimated at $3-5 million, the silver cup bears blessings in Hebrew and Arabic, reflecting cultural ties in medieval Khorasan. An ancient Jewish ritual cup, believed to be the oldest known Kiddush cup ...
Recently, as my mother’s yahrzeit – anniversary of her death – came around I wondered: Was I going to New York to pray at her gravesite and recite the kaddish, or was I going to Florida to pray with ...
Yeah, fasting for 25 hours is hard, but the hardest mitzvah of the year doesn’t come until after Yom Kippur is over. Right after. For those of us who have made it through several hours of prayer ...
This is the second installment in a new monthly series, “Of Sacred Items And Gorgeous Tchotchkes,” looking closely at the Judaica items that fill our homes. Kiddush is one of those experiences that is ...