Around the Jewish Year

Marking Bikkurim Today

Suggestion for marking first fruit to demonstrate that we are anticipating using them as bikkurim with the imminent rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, without...

Bikurim and the Giving of the Torah: Gratitude

The foundation of the commandment of bringing bikurim lies in our appreciation for the Creator, as expressed in the text read during the bikurim, when one...

Status of Land-Dependent Mitzvot in Areas Liberated in the Six-Day War

On the halachic status of various territories conquered during the Six-Day War vis-à-vis the land-dependent mitzvot: Gaza, Arava, and the Golan Heights, and...

Coloring Pages

Holy Etrog Jam and Pesticide Traces

Rosh Hashanah: The Pomegranate

On the pomegranate in Tanach, special halachic considerations, symbolism, and most important: how many seeds are actually in a pomegranate?

Pesach: Matzah and Marror - When Ma'aserot Were Not Delivered to a Levi and Poor Person

If someone buys matzah and lettuce, which the owner named the ma'aserot but may have not delivered the ma'aserot to the appropriate destinations (ma'aser rishon...

Sukkot: The Etrog

What is a gartel etrog? Which segulot are ascribe to eating etrog jam and why? Why can't we use a grafted etrog for the arba minim? Fun facts and important...

Pesach: Maror on Seder Night

This article covers various halachic issues related to eating lettuce as maror on Seder night. Eating maror on Seder night: five practical questions and...

Rosh Hashanah: Number of Seeds in a Pomegranate

Do pomegranates have 613 seeds? Plus: on the orlah problem of pomegranate tree root suckers – for Rosh Hashanah