How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household

Rather than a system of distilled ideas or a code of behavioral ideals, Jewish observance is living Jews living Judaism and interested non-Jews enriching their own path with nuggets of Torah.

Through Jewish law, itself dynamic and evolving, Jews come together to integrate the raw and nonverbal aspects of universal revelation with the emerging words and positions of special revelation that can, in turn, radiate holiness and purpose back into our lives, our communities, our world.

Our interpretive tradition is the reason why Judaism still exists—the reason why I am here today typing these words—and it is the tradition that I honor as I type them.

by placing mourning rituals at the heart of Jewish life, the Rabbis enabled the Jews to go on living with exile.