Lieba Rudolph

Our name is the most outer manifestation of who we are, yet it is connected to our innermost selves.

Life is short and unpredictable, and I need all the help I can get.

Most baalei teshuvah, returnees to Jewish observance, transform slowly and methodically, “trying on” each mitzvah to make sure it “fits” before adding another. My husband, Zev, and I decided to become completely observant after one (needless to say, very ...

Talk about Jewish guilt. It is said that if we don’t witness the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in our lifetime, it’s as if we witness its destruction. If that’s not difficult enough, the key to rebuilding is simple to articulate but challenging to do: to ...

Maybe it’s a challenge because hospitality sounds too similar to “hospital.” It does not sound like fun.

I have a bad habit. Ever since I was a young girl, I have not been able to kick the tendency to manicure my cuticles with my mouth.

The thought that terrified me most when I was a teenager was that I would die before I figured out why I was alive in the first place.

It has taken many soggy salads, but I now appreciate that tzedakah is more than a Jewish ethical obligation or a mitzvah to check off. It also has a spiritual component.

The pain of Passover was an indescribable, overwhelming feeling of sadness.

My two worst skills are organizing and cooking, so if I can learn how to prepare for Shabbat, anyone can.