Blasting Away – Shofar
When is a shofar not a ram’s horn, and when can it be heard besides this time of year? The answer lies in Djerba and Yemen Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky Reverberating throughout Elul...
Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky
Dr. Ari Greenspan A dentist who enjoys combining halakha with history, Greenspan is also a mohel, shohet, and cofounder of Ptil Tekhelet, which produces blue tzitzit threads using dye made from Murex shells ; Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky Associate professor of science, Jewish law, and education at Bar-Ilan University, Zivotofsky completed his doctorate in biomedical engineering and researches the kosher status of unusual animals
Matza – More Than Just Crumbs
Today most people buy their matza in the supermarket, but before machine-made matza was invented, there were almost as many types of matza as there were Jewish communities. And when war made Passover necessities hard...
