What connection could there be between the commandment of the red heifer—one of the most mysterious commandments in the Torah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...

The law of ritual circumcision and the laws of ritual purity which involve a woman immersing herself in a mikve (ritual bath) are at one and the same time among the most illogical of our laws but have ...

(The Conversation) — Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale to the wider public. (The Conversation) — White sage, which ...

A rock-hewn mikveh (ritual purification bath) dating to the final days of the Second Temple period was discovered recently during excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the ...