Author: Brian Kresge

Mourning and the Wilderness

We touch on hitbotedut in our book, with the semi-famous lines of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and the...

We cover some of this in our book, The Kosher Backpacker, but as Pesach starts Friday night, there...

Ingredients 4 or 2 pieces matzah 1/2 or 1/4 cup water 4 or 2 eggs Salt and pepper...

Just like last week’s parsha, Metzora isn’t one of my favorites (I prefer talking donkeys, truth be told)....

WARNING: Some unsettling content ahead. Just as an FYI, there’s no context that makes what happens in this...

This week’s parsha, Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59) continues the exposition of our purity laws. In this portion, there’s purity...

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Command Aaron and his sons thus: This is the ritual of the...

After my go-to camping mattress deflated on a cold, winter night in a shelter in the Adirondacks, I...