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The #1 reason gefilte fish is served at Shabbat dinner tables these days might be, in the words of Fiddler on the Roof, tradition! Originally, however, the dish that we currently call gefilte (a word meaning “stuffed”) was embraced for other reasons. Most notably: financial. Most families couldn’t afford to buy enough fish to feed their entire family, so they ground up fish and […]

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In Judaism, getting married is a bit more complicated than just finding a rabbi and saying “I do.” If you’re a first-time attendee of a traditional Jewish wedding, there’s a lot to take in–the tisch, the veiling, the prayers. Rather than trying to understand everything, your best bet is to just sit back, relax, and […]

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In school, many of us were reprimanded: “Sit still and pay attention!” In Judaism, however, the opposite concept exists. Shuckeling, the Yiddish term for swaying during prayer and Torah study, has been a Jewish tradition for centuries. Some people sway back and forth. Others twist from side to side. According to the Zohar, the seminal kabbalistic work, a swaying body is […]

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