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10/09/2020

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah

Tonight begins the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, literally the Gathering of…

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10/09/2020

Chag Sameach

NJOP and Jewish Treats wishes our friends and followers a hearty Chag…

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10/08/2020

The Great Hoshana (Hoshana Rabbah)

Rosh Hashana is known as the Day of Judgment (Yom Hadin), the day on which…

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10/08/2020

Hurry Up!

Don’t miss the opportunity to involve yourself on Hoshana Rabbah in an…

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10/07/2020

Vanity of Vanities

Most people are unknowingly familiar with the beginning of the third…

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10/07/2020

This is the Season

Please click here to study Kohelet over Chol Hamoed Sukkot to keep the joy…

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10/06/2020

Water, Water Everywhere

Sukkot is considered the holiday on which God determines the world’s water…

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10/06/2020

A Family Celebration

Create your own Simchat Beit Haso’evah for your family in your sukkah…

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10/05/2020

Chol Hamoed

Most holidays in Western society last for a single day, which is often…

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10/05/2020

Continue the Celebration

Enjoy spending the week “living” in the sukkah, eating meals and sleeping…

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10/02/2020

More Than A Harvest Festival

Few people refer to Sukkot by the name Chag Ha’Asif, Feast of the…

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10/02/2020

Be Thankful

Just as Sukkot is known as Chag Ha’Asif, the Festival of the Ingathering,…

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10/01/2020

Holiday Decorating

During the holiday of Sukkot, Jews live in sukkot (temporary dwellings with…

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10/01/2020

Go Decorate

Decorate your sukkah or volunteer to help decorate your synagogue’s sukkah…

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09/30/2020

Build Your Own Sukkah

Webster’s Dictionary defines a Tabernacle as a temporary dwelling, which is…

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09/30/2020

Put It Together

Enhance your celebration of the joyous holiday of Sukkot by building your…

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09/29/2020

The Perfect Species

At this time of the year, Jews around the globe head out in search of the…

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09/29/2020

Go Shopping

Contact your synagogue or local Jewish community center to find a location…

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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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