Yom Kippur Fast

Sukkot

The third holy convocation of the High Holy Days is Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, or the Feast of Booths. Since this feast was often associated with the fall harvest it is also…

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Sir Winston. Dry Bones

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The Untouched Oil

To say that life was hard for the residents of the Lower East Side was to do them an injustice. The streets of New York were not paved with gold, as they had been led to believe. The streets'…

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The second plague: Frogs from the river

Exo 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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What is a Dreidel Really?

Dreidels are often used to play a game around Hanukkah to win chocolate coins also known as gelt. It has four sides and each side has a Hebrew letter.

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Porkless Shavuot

Calculating the time it took to go from Egypt to Mount Sinai, it is most likely that Moses was on Mount Sinai during the first Shavuot.

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Passover

The Passover is a very important Holy Day in Jewish history. The Passover, begins the day before the feast of unleavened bread, on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan. It commemorates God's…

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L'Shana Tova Tikatavu

May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year. Those words are the translation of the Hebrew in the title. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and literally means “head of the year.”

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Purim Time!

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The Fourth Plague: Swarms of Flies

Ex 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him: Thus saith theLORD: Let My people go, that they may…

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Building, Decorating and Dwelling in a Sukkah

Sukkot is a time of great rejoicing. There are at least three commands given by God in relationship to the Feast: the children of Israel are to 1) dwell in sukkot (booths), 2) gather the Four…

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The Tenth Plague: Death of the First Born

Exo 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;

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The Eighth Plague: Locusts

Exo 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may…

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