Normative Judaism is not usually concerned with the mystical, but with following halachah, "the path that one walks." This is not to be considered simply a stultifying compendium of laws that burden the observant, but more accurately a way of life that infuses ordinary behavior like eating and dressing with spiritual significance.

You may have noted the many celebrities who have been wearing a red thread around their left wrist, despite the fact that there is no basis for this usage in either the Kabbalah, Torah, or Jewish law.

When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620 aboard the Mayflower, they had already agreed to abide by the "Mayflower Compact" signed while crossing the ocean and which obligated them to pass just and equal laws for the general good of the colony.

Yes, it's true. Christmas was actually banned in Boston from 1659-1681 by the early Pilgrim settlers, and you could be fined 5 shillings for exhibiting the Christmas spirit.