What is our understanding of the relationship among the blood of circumcision, the blood of the Passover sacrifice, and the blood of childbirth?

Why do we begin our history as a people with the story of our enslavement? We will explore the role of slavery in the development of our national iden...

The afikoman plays a central role in the celebration of the Passover seder. What is the history of the afikoman and what is its relevance for both chi...

The class will focus on the festival amidah and hallel and the prayers for rain and dew. This is part 1 of a 3 part class. Please go to www.drisha.org...

The biblical account of the Exodus has been utilized for millennia as the source-text for discussions on central dichotomies in the human experience (...

How do midrashic sources reflect on themes raised by the Passover Haggadah and how does the Haggadah uses such sources to tell its story?

We will engage in a close reading of Song of Songs and examine how it has been understood over the ages. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Go to www....

As Jews we are constantly reminded, “Be kind to the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” and the Pesach seder begins with the words,...

Shir HaShirim is at once the most sacred and most profane book of the Tanach, eliciting reverence and fear — and hence interpretation and re-interpret...

We usually think of the Omer as a commandment to count up to fifty days as a bridge between Passover and Shavuot. What is much less familiar is that i...