Holy Days Articles

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Sukkot

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…
Sukkot

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Wearing White for Prayers

Why White on Yom Kippur

Sep 18, 2023
People like to wear things that to show how special holidays are to them. The same is true regarding Biblical…
L'Shana Tova Tikatavu

L'Shana Tova Tikatavu

Sep 10, 2023
May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year. Those words are the translation of the Hebrew in…
Feast of Trumpets

Feast of Trumpets

Sep 08, 2023
The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the fall feasts. It begins on the first day of the seventh month on the…
Western Wall Prayers and Letters

Letters to God

Sep 08, 2023
As the High Holy Days approached, Danny Goldstein, the Post Director in Israel, met with Rabbi Shmuel…
Tashlich Breads

Tashlich Breads

Sep 07, 2023
On Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), there is a ceremony called Tashlich. Traditionally we go to the ocean (or…
Destruction of the Temple

Tisha B'Av

Jul 18, 2023
Tisha B’Av means the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av and is traditionally a day of fasting to remember…
Image celebrating Shavuot: 10 Commandments on 2 stone tablets

Shavuot

May 20, 2023
Shavuot means weeks and it is one of the feasts of the LORD mentioned in the Torah.
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Porkless Shavuot

May 18, 2023
Calculating the time it took to go from Egypt to Mount Sinai, it is most likely that Moses was on Mount Sinai…

Israel's Independence Day

Apr 15, 2023
Out of the tears of the Shoah God birthed the modern nation of Israel. On May 14, 1948 David Ben-Gurion…
10th plague of Egypt

Passover

Apr 04, 2023
The Passover is a very important Holy Day in Jewish history. The Passover begins the day before the feast of…

Passover Broccoli Knish

Apr 02, 2023
Knish is one of the traditional Passover foods most of us have grown up with. They are always made with love…
matza ball soup

Matza Ball Soup

Apr 01, 2023
Matzah Ball soup is a Passover favorite that can be enjoyed any time of year. Passover commemorates the…

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