Holidays

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Caring for each other & improving the world, according to Judaism, is life's purpose

Yom Kippur commemorates God's covenant with the Jewish people & forgiveness for the Golden Calf sin

This year make your Judaism more than superficial-Don't accept merely "feeling" Jewish is sufficient

The fast ended, but no soldier rushed to eat; they sat contemplating the intensity of their prayers.

In a number of places, our rabbis tell us that Shemita is the Key to Redemption.

A little background information for Rosh HaShanah. Shana Tovah, Happy New Year, to all!

(JNi.media) Tisha B’Av (Heb: 9th of the month of Av) is a fast day according to rabbinic law and tradition, commemorating the destruction of...

This Shavuot let's give G-d a gift too: Let's make this year different by doing just 1 more mitzvah

Many think they're serving G-d but they're really asleep-Rebbe Nachman taught stories to wake people

Cauliflower is one of my favorite ingredients to cook with – it blends so easily into whatever dish I am preparing.

The day after Israel was declared a State, everyone recited Hallel and people danced in the streets.

The Lemba tribe (Southern Africa) have an oral tradition they're descendants of Israel's Lost Tribes

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All members of "Operation Wedding" were freed, emigrating to Israel-A true "Exodus from the Gulag"

German poet Heinrich Heine: “Since the Exodus, freedom has always been spoken with a Hebrew accent.”

Just like Moses and Aaron, Mordechai decides to ruin the party…

Purim points to peruse and ponder.

The Holocaust was the latest attempt of Amalek to destroy the special bond that we enjoy with God.

One can drink up to the Talmud's criterion to confuse Mordechai and Haman-but not beyond.

“The voice is the voice of Yaakov, but the hands are the hands of Esav” gives great insight to Purim

Purim is the battleground of extremes, Amalek and Yisrael, with Zoroastrian Persia in between.

One should not give the money before Purim morning or after sunset.

The mishloach manos of times gone by were sometimes simple and sometimes elaborate, but the main focus was on the preparation of the delicious food they contained.

Does Hashem ever go away and not pay attention to us?

Havdalah.com will be streaming an inspiring/live/MUSICAL/global Havdalah(NOT to fulfill obligation)

The 10th of Tevet began the chain of calamities culminating in the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash

10th of Tevet marks the onset of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylonia

It's fascinating how sources attain the status "traditional," or its equivalent level of kashrus.

A revolution is taking place between good and evil; light and darkness. Make the light activism!