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December 2025
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Laws, Customs and Traditions

Kosher Animals and the Divine Authorship of the Torah

In the books of Leviticus (Leviticus 11:1–7) and Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 14:6–8), the Torah teaches that to be considered kosher, land animals must have completely divided hooves and chew the cud. Any species that satisfies

Havdalah: Separating the Sacred from the Mundane

According to Jewish law, a new day does not begin at midnight, as in the civil calendar, but rather at dusk. Therefore, Havdalah is only recited after dusk on Saturday, when Shabbat has already ended. As this

The Three Weeks – Bein Hametzarim

The Three Weeks between the 17th day of the month of Tammuz and the ninth of Menachem Av, known as Bein Hametzarim (a denomination translated as “between the narrow places”), constitute an annual period of mourning in which we mourn the

The Jewish wedding

In Judaism, marriage is much more than a symbolic ceremony or ritual – it is a Divine commandment. It is a sacred occasion, the creation of a spiritual bond that

What is Tanach?

The Tanach is the central text of Judaism, constituting the collection of works that form the basis of the Jewish religious tradition. The word Tanach is an acronym formed by the initials of its

The Shulchan and the Shewbread

Located, at first, in the antechamber of the Tabernacle and, later, in that of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem, the Shulchan was a four-legged table, made of acacia wood, covered in gold, on which

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