Jewish Treats
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Water, Water Everywhere
Sukkot is considered the holiday on which God determines the world’s water…
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More Than A Harvest Festival
Few people refer to Sukkot by the name Chag Ha’Asif, Feast of the…
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Holiday Decorating
During the holiday of Sukkot, Jews live in sukkot (temporary dwellings with…
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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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Post Labor Day Whites
When is it fashionably acceptable to wear white after Labor Day? On Yom…
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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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Avinu Malkeinu
No prayer so thoroughly captures the Jewish people’s dual relationship with…
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Holiday Greetings
The standard pre-Rosh Hashana greeting of “K’tiva v’chatima tova” ("May you…
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Symbolic Foods
Since Rosh Hashana is the Day of Judgment, it is customary to eat simanim,*…
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