Category: Holidays and Festivals

Lulav-Waving in the Mishnah

By Rabbi Drew

October 16, 2019 0

One of the special practices of the holiday of Sukkot is the taking of several arboreal species, as commanded in…

By Rabbi Drew

March 25, 2019 1

Over this recent Purim, I was curious to keep track of the drinking parties, since I knew there were multiple…

By Rabbi Drew

March 19, 2019 0

Introduction Rabbi Yehoshua, son of Levi, the mid-third century rabbinic leader,1 made two significant changes to the reading of the…

By Rabbi Drew

January 30, 2019 1

Introduction One of the more familiar aspects of Purim practices is getting drunk, with Purim being one of the most…