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09/30/2015
Holiday On
Continue celebrating the holiday by dwelling in a sukkah whenever possible.
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09/27/2015
Everyone Does The Wave
One of the main mitzvot of the holiday of Sukkot is the waving of the four…
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09/27/2015
Ushpeezin (Oo’shpee’zin)
During the festival of Sukkot, the sukkah is intended to be our home. For…
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09/27/2015
Invite
If you have a sukkah, invite those who do not have a sukkah to yours.
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09/25/2015
The Four Species
The waving of the four species is one of the most beautiful and symbolic…
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09/25/2015
Room for Creativity
A few years back, The Atlantic Magazine featured a story about a…
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09/25/2015
Secure Some Species
Call your local synagogue to find out where to acquire a lulav and etrog.
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09/24/2015
But Wait…There’s More
Now that the Jewish people have repented on Yom Kippur and, hopefully,…
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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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09/21/2015
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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09/20/2015
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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09/17/2015
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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