What is Jewish Mindfulness and How do I Get Started?
Learn more about what Jewish mindfulness is and answer the question “How do I get started?” There’s many ways to practice—here are a few.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
Learn more about what Jewish mindfulness is and answer the question “How do I get started?” There’s many ways to practice—here are a few.
If you’ve never been in the practice of reciting Psalms, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Here’s how to adopt the practice.
“Listener of Prayer” is an important phrase in many of our blessings and prayers. Learn more about why that is.
In a written teshuvah, Rabbi Jane Kanarek explains the answer to the question, “Should women and girls wear a headcovering?”
Caleb Brommer, RS ’24, speaks on finding quiet solace in a stormy world, for his JTS senior sermon, on Parashat Vayishlach.
When should we use a non-fasting sh”tz on Yom Kippur? This CJLS teshuvah, originally written by Rabbi Gail Labovitz, explains.
The intensity of Rosh Hashanah can be intimidating; read this guide to get to know what to expect at services on our New Year.
While Judaism tells us various ways to pray, we are not told what to think: Here are three different takes on the subject.
Celebrating the high holy days from home gives us ample opportunity to bring the sacred even further into our lives.
Judaism does not recognize any gray area between life and death. Whenever possible, a dying person should not be left alone.
Kohanim were forbidden to come into contact or share indoor space with the bodies of the dead, apart from their closest of relatives.
The period from the time of death until burial is known as aninut – the customs of the mourners during the initial stages of bereavement.
What are the Jewish laws and rituals regarding funerals? Generally, a ritual washing, burial, and a funeral, each with their own customs.