Tikun li-kro’ laylah va-yom (A Tikkun to Read Day and Night)

Built in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in India, as well as in the entire British Commonwealth. The land on which it was built was a gift from the Rajah of Cochin, Paraja, so…

A choked wail . . . Mama paces around the narrow room as though asking for something, her hands grasping her head and striking her heart, and with sobs caught in her throat, she calls out:“Woe unto me…

Blessing Before the Meal Let us bless the source of life that brings forth bread from the earth. N’vareykh et eyn haḥayim hamotzi’ah léḥem min ha’áretz. Sh’ma: Communal Declaration of Faith Hear…