The concept of a weekly day of rest is the gift of the Hebrew language to the world.

What do flutes, pores, pierced ears, mallets, curses and train conductors have in common?

Purim is a topsy-turvy holiday. By encouraging us to invert the norms of communal behavior, Purim teaches us the boundaries of those norms. Take the

Leave it to Hebrew to have two ways of saying 'gesundheit.'

Jean-Paul Sartre, in his existentialist play No Exit, posits that what you have actually done—not what you have been—is what defines your life. In Hebrew,

The Hebrew root kallal or kal, means easy, simple or light.

The root sin, khaf, lamed takes us to wisdom, success, cunning, eyesight and mystical power.