Rashi script, a cursive script used by early printers to distinguish Rashi's commentary from the Biblical text, has no connection to Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki h...

Asarah BTevet, also known as the tenth of Tevet, is a fast day on the Jewish calendar that commemorates the beginning of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. W...

The ban on polygamy, known as the cherem of Rabbeinu Gershom, was enacted in the 11th century and there are various opinions about its expiration date. Some ...

The Kotel, or Western Wall, is not Judaism's holiest site. The holiest site is the location of the Kodesh Hakodashim (the Holy of Holies) on the Temple Mount...

The practice of a bride and groom not seeing each other for a full week before their wedding is a widespread Ashkenazic custom with little basis in tradition...

The misconception that an eved Ivri (Jewish servant) goes free in the shemitah year is incorrect. An eved Ivri works for six full years and goes free at the ...

The misconception that every four cubits one walks in the Land of Israel is a mitzvah is incorrect. The Gemara praises the Land of Israel and states that wal...

The phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey" in reference to the Land of Israel has often been interpreted as referring to cows' milk and bees' honey. How...

King David desired to build the Beit Hamikdash, but God communicated through the prophet Natan that it was not meant for David to build it, but rather for hi...

The halachic principle of "chai nosei et atzmo" states that a living being carries itself, exempting the carrier from certain Biblical prohibitions of carryi...