09/24/2015

Build Your Own Sukkah

Webster's Dictionary defines a tabernacle as a temporary dwelling,…

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09/24/2015

Sukkah Around

If you cannot build your own sukkah, call your local synagogue to find out…

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09/22/2015

All Vows

Yom Kippur begins this evening before sunset with the recitation…

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09/22/2015

The Five Prohibitions of Yom Kippur

"...on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls and do no work…

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09/22/2015

Fast Feelings

Have a meaningful and easy fast.

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09/21/2015

The Food of Yom Kippur

Food on Yom Kippur? Isn’t Yom Kippur the most famous fast day on the Jewish…

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09/21/2015

Inside Prayer

Jewish prayer is a complex, multi-layered activity. The sages refer to…

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09/21/2015

Make It a Feast

Set a beautiful table for the meal before the fast.

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09/20/2015

Thou Shalt Not Anoint

The observance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, calls for abstention…

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09/20/2015

Like Clay in the Hand of the Potter

One of the most metaphoric and beautiful piyuttim (poems)…

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09/20/2015

In Advance

Prepare for the upcoming fast by beginning to cut back on caffeine. ……

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09/18/2015

Scapegoat

The Jewish people have often been cast as the proverbial "scapegoat." When…

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09/18/2015

Whosoever is Wise

"Return, O Israel, for you have stumbled in your sin" (Hosea…

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09/18/2015

Ownership

Take responsibility for your transgressions.

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09/17/2015

Post Labor Day Whites

When is it fashionably acceptable to wear white after Labor Day? On Yom…

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09/17/2015

Lose the Leather

Once a year, Jews around the world make a unique, and not always…

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09/17/2015

On Calendar

Make certain to mark Yom Kippur on your calendar for Wednesday, September…

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09/16/2015

From Holy God to Holy King

On Rosh Hashana, God judges the world (and all the people therein), but…

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09/16/2015

Fast of Gedaliah

The Fast of Gedaliah is observed to commemorate the murder of Gedaliah the…

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09/16/2015

Laws of the World

Prepare for acknowledging God as King on Rosh Hashana by focusing on how…

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09/13/2015

Tashlich

The Rosh Hashana tashlich ceremony is a tradition that is dear…

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09/13/2015

Two Days as One

How many days is Rosh Hashana? It seems the simplest of questions, since…

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09/13/2015

New Year’s Greeting

NJOP and Jewish Treats wishes you and yours a healthy and happy new year.……

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09/11/2015

Avinu Malkeinu

No prayer so thoroughly captures the Jewish people’s dual relationship with…

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09/11/2015

Remembering the Akeida

In neither of the two Torah references to the holiday of Rosh Hashana…

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09/11/2015

Last Shabbat of the Year

Do something special to mark the last Shabbat of the year 5775.

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09/10/2015

Annulment of Vows

"I swear that this time I will lose weight" "I am going to pray every…

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09/10/2015

Symbolic Foods

Since Rosh Hashana is the Day of Judgment, it is customary to…

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09/10/2015

Vow-less

Be careful to avoid making vows.

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09/09/2015

Festive Poems

Take a survey of the most common adjective used to describe the Jewish High…

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