Baruch S. Davidson

Why is the kaddish prayer said in Aramaic? I understand that it was composed when Aramaic was the vernacular for most Jews, but why has it not been changed to Hebrew since?

As a regular attendee of Shabbat services, I know that the weekly Parsha is not read from the Torah scroll in one go, but is divided into seven portions, with seven different people called up to the Torah for an aliyah. I am wondering when the aliyah ...

Dear Rabbi, I previously believed that all the tombstones in Jewish cemeteries should face the same direction. I recently attended an unveiling, a tombstone dedication ceremony, and saw that many of the tombstones in one section in the cemetery faced a ...

Redeeming captives is nothing new for Jews. What does our past experience and the decisions of our sages have to teach us about prisoner exchanges today?

Does Judaism have anything to say about hunting as a sport?

There are many portions of land throughout the world owned by the Jewish people, would they be classified as Israel?

I keep encountering quotes from the Bible about Zion, but I can’t work it out. Is Zion a specific mountain? So who is the “daughter of Zion”?

I believe we are instructed not to kneel when we worship. Is this correct? If so, what is this instruction about?

I know that in Israel the Seder is only celebrated on the first night. For the rest of us living outside of Israel, is the second Seder as important as the first, or is it just a custom?

Why is the hamantash pastry, eaten on the holiday of Purim, named after Haman, the wicked advisor in the story of Purim? Also, why is it triangular?