Forget boring braids, it’s all about key-shaped challah this Shabbat! Shlissel challah, Yiddish for “key challah,” is a post-Passover tradition symbolizing unlocking prosperity for the coming year.

Alongside all the esoteric wisdom that is imparted during the holiday of Pesach, there are some really basic, but rather important lessons that this holiday has imprinted on me. The first lesson is to ...

Religious tradition is not handed down fully formed from God on high. It's made by people, and shaped by human factors — politics, faith, fear, geography, community. And, sometimes, how pretty ...