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09/27/2020

The Book Of Jonah

The Book of Jonah is one of the best known stories in the Bible and is read…

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09/27/2020

Study the Book of Jonah

Click here to read the Book of Jonah and consider the meaning of the story…

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09/25/2020

Whosoever Is Wise

"Return, O Israel, for you have stumbled in your sin" (Hosea 14:2). Um, who…

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09/25/2020

Return O’ Israel

Use this Shabbat, known as Shabbat Shuva to contemplate on how to repent…

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09/24/2020

Post Labor Day Whites

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

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09/24/2020

Plan Your Wardrobe

Set aside your white dress, white tie, yarmulke and kittel, if you have…

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09/23/2020

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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09/23/2020

Prepare Ahead

View Yom Kippur as a golden opportunity to seek forgiveness for prior…

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09/22/2020

A Dictionary for the Days of Awe

In Maimonides’ Laws of Repentance, he invokes five important and pertinent…

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09/22/2020

Taking Stock

Use these days of Aseret Yemei Teshuva, the Ten days of Repentance, to take…

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09/21/2020

Avinu Malkeinu

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

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09/21/2020

Our Father, Our King

Seize the opportunity to approach God in prayer recognizing the dual nature…

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09/18/2020

Remembering the Akeidah

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

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09/18/2020

With Best Wishes

On behalf of NJOP, Jewish Treats would like to wish all of our fans and…

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09/17/2020

Holiday Greetings

The standard pre-Rosh Hashana greeting of “K’tiva v’chatima tova” ("May you…

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09/17/2020

Send Your Best

Be sure to wish family and friends, "l'shana tova tikateivu," may you be…

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09/16/2020

Symbolic Foods

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

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09/16/2020

Prepare Ahead

Purchase special foods in order to enjoy the simanim, the foods with…

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09/15/2020

Yente the Yiddish Writer

Yiddish literature entered its modern era in the 1860s, when Jewish writers…

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09/15/2020

Appreciate Yiddish Culture

Whether attending Yiddish theater or reading Yiddish writings, there is…

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09/14/2020

Sir “The Jew”

The first Jew to be knighted by a monarch of England was not himself…

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09/11/2020

Honoring 9/11

Today is the 19th anniversary of the devastating attack on the World Trade…

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09/11/2020

Remember 9/11

Spend some time today remembering the heroism and selfless actions of so…

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09/10/2020

The Jewish Ghost Town of Utah

As a dry wind blows across the dusty plains just south of Gunnison, Utah, a…

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09/10/2020

Travel with a Jewish Twist

When traveling, find out if there is, or was, a Jewish community at your…

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09/09/2020

A Phoenix in Bnei Brak

Fifty years ago, on September 3, 1969, corresponding to the 20th of Elul,…

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09/09/2020

For the Love of Torah

Learn more about how the Ponevezh Yeshiva was built in B'nai Brak, Israel…

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09/08/2020

Literacy

Today, September 8th, is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…

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09/08/2020

People of the Book

Instill within your family a sense of the importance for Jewish education,…

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09/07/2020

Labor, Technology and the Torah

Labor celebrations have taken place throughout North America since the…

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