Pomegranate seeds also represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, that are cited in the Torah, the Jewish holy book. Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, is when Jews reflect on ...

Moses is the most important Jewish prophet. The Jewish holy book is known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. The word Tanakh comes from the first letters of the three different parts of the book ...

What is the story of Passover, What are its various traditions and rules, And just what dates will it be taking place this ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill continues his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, focusing on Holy ...

Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets ... There were no committees that sat down to decree what was or was not a holy book. To some degree, the process of Scripture-making ...

Her 70+ books included “The Jewish Heritage Cookbook” (2001 ... bookshops that sold holy books and ritual items, shops full of used furniture and junk, and my favorite: the Ukraine Bakery ...

Peter Beinart takes two stories of disputes between Jews, and uses these to elaborate on this and look toward a resolution of ...