Let’s face it, most of the fun parts of the Lag B’Omer holiday are rooted in the aggagic stories concerning the origin of Kabbalah. If, like me, Kabbalah plays little …...
Parsha Kedoshim, Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27 To focus on one line from this week’s parsha, which contains “The Holiness Code,” may seem kind of odd. As we’ve...
In honor of Yom Ha’Atzma’ut this week, The Kosher Backpacker is proud to present an overview guide and listing of resources to the Israel National Trail, or שביל...
We touch on hitbotedut in our book, with the semi-famous lines of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and the fantastic communion with the Divine that’s available in the wilderness. But what...
We cover some of this in our book, The Kosher Backpacker, but as Pesach starts Friday night, there may be Jewish thru-hikers out there, or people availing themselves of spring …...
Just like last week’s parsha, Metzora isn’t one of my favorites (I prefer talking donkeys, truth be told). There’s so much meat for the spiritual in this reading,...
WARNING: Some unsettling content ahead. Just as an FYI, there’s no context that makes what happens in this video “okay.” The mayor of Damascus, in the wake of the...