Skip to main content

Ask the Rabbi

Fresh Stories

Memories of Purim Costumes Past
Purim Decor

Why Are There Two Months of Adar and What is Purim Katan?

By Rabbi Lawrence
seudah-hamafseket
Tisha Bav Menus

The Meal Before Tisha B'Av - Seudah Hamafseket

By Rabbi Lawrence
Passover Guides

What is Passover?

By Rabbi Lawrence
mishloach manot
Purim Decor

What Are Mishloach Manot?

By Rabbi Lawrence
Pour Out The Kosher Wine -Into a Glass of Course!
Purim Decor

Why Do We Drink on Purim?

By Rabbi Lawrence
clown
Purim

Is Purim the Jewish Halloween?

By Rabbi Lawrence
purim-panic
Purim Decor

Ask the Rabbi - What is Purim?

By Rabbi Lawrence
dreidels and gelt
Blogs

What is the Significance of Dreidels?

By Rabbi Lawrence
Potato latkes for Hanukah frying in oil.
Hanukkah

Why Do We Use So Much Oil on Chanukah?

By Rabbi Lawrence
chanukah
Hanukkah

What Does the Word Chanukah Mean?

By Rabbi Lawrence
bubby's chicken soup
Blogs

Heating Foods on Shabbat

By Rabbi Lawrence
Maui Onions Stuffed with Curried Raisin Couscous
Sukkot

What is the custom to eat stuffed foods on Sukkot all about?

By Rabbi Lawrence
Crispy Fish with Seasoned Tater Tots
Blogs

Are there any traditional foods to eat before the Yom Kippur Fast?

By Rabbi Lawrence
shana-tova-honey
Blogs

Why do we eat sweet foods on Rosh Hashannah?

By Rabbi Lawrence
Pull Apart Challah
Blogs

Why are Challahs round this time of year?

By Rabbi Lawrence
nuts
Blogs

When and Why Don't We Eat Nuts?

By Rabbi Lawrence
simanim
Rosh Hashanah Guides

What are Simanim and Why Do We Eat Them?

By Rabbi Lawrence
challah bread
Blogs

What is Hafrashat Challah (Separating the Challah)?

By Rabbi Lawrence
Avocado Stuffed Salmon with Wild Rice
Tisha Bav Guides

The Nine Days and Tisha B'Av

By Rabbi Lawrence
askrabbi3
Holidays

Introducing Rabbi Lawrence: The Official Joy of Kosher Rabbi

By Jamie Geller