The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish law. Israel_photo_gallery, CC BY-ND It is a common scene on many a ...

Mistakenly, many view mitzvot as the equivalent of good deeds. Though mitzvot are indeed good deeds, they are much more than just that. The word mitzvah, which literally means “commandment,” ...

This year’s Charity of Choice is Ronald McDonald House, which will be building its first house in Suffolk County soon. It will provide support to the families of children being treated at Stony Brook ...

Our mitzvah fulfillment is the most basic way we express our avodat Hashem. Our fulfillment ought to be both complete and deeply meaningful. Denial of the need to observe a mitzvah is even more ...

Back home, the project had a ripple effect. Chaverim members were touched by the far-reaching impact of the mitzvah and its ...

About a year before Caleb’s bar mitzvah, he and his parents met with Temple Emanu El Rabbi Matt Cohen to try to figure out the right project for him. “Typically, students will come up with a mitzvah ...

(WALTHAM, MASS.) It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls, a few not Jewish at all, gather in ...

One of the biggest milestones in Jewish life occurs when a child approaches his or her teen years. Considered the age of maturity, when Jewish girls turn 12 or 13 and when Jewish boys turn 13, they ...