Jewish Holiday Customs

Guess what? There are two dairy holidays in the Jewish tradition. That is, if you come from a Sephardi background. We all connect dairy with...

Playing cards during the day? Oy Vey! As far back as the 15th century, the Ashkenazim of Worms, Germany forbade this indulgence – except dur...

Long before Laughter Yoga hit North American shores, Jews in Mexico understood that a good giggle is one of the best ways to start the week...

A good friend of mine used to live on Kibbutz Sa’ad – a B’nei Akiva kibbutz located in Israel’s southern region. Sitting next to her in syn...

Zvuvi has decided to go on vacation this week, so that I can send out a Simchat Torah custom. This time we’re going to Lisbon, Portugal, wh...

It takes a good Samaritan to come up with a creative solution on how to commemorate holiday customs while at the same time avoid persecu...

I am sure you were not expecting me to send out a Yom Kippur custom. After all, isn’t its observance universal, with little room for unusua...