By Moshe Bogomilsky(Chabad.org) Question: Why is it necessary for us to know the date of the New Year for trees?
Answer: The Hebrew calendar is set up according...
Three-time Grammy winner Pink shared a video on Instagram of her lighting the Hanukkah menorah with her two children.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is...
By Yonatan Gottlieb(A7) Representatives of the Jewish community in Berlin, together with Chabad representatives in the city, on Wednesday evening lit Hanukkah candles at...
By Yehuda Shurpin(Chabad.org) Although one fulfills the mitzvah of lighting the Chanukah menorah with many kinds of candles, the best way to do the mitzvah is with a wick and...
ETHEL G. HOFMAN (JNS) Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is the eight-day celebration commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. We light each...
By y Aharon Loschak As the conclusion of the High Holiday season in the month of Tishrei approaches this week, Jewish communities around the world are eagerly looking...
1. Simchat Torah Comes After Sukkot
The sukkah at the East River Esplanade at East 84th Street (Photo: Howard Blas)
Shemini Atzeret (“The Eighth Gathering”) comes after 7 days of Sukkot....
By Menachem Posner(Chabbad.org)
1. Sukkot Starts on a Full Moon
The Jewish Holiday of Sukkot begins at nightfall before the 15th of the Jewish (lunar) month of Tishrei, when the moon is...
By Menachem Posner (Chabbad.org) As millions of Jews make plans to attend services this year, vaccinated and socially distanced, millions of others will remain at...
By Moshe Phillips
A better understanding of the central, unifying themes of each of the Jewish holidays and their unique, separate liturgies can be like throwing...
By Menachem Posner(Chabad.org)When the novel coronavirus swept across the globe in the weeks before Passover 2020, there was a frenzied panic as we prepared to celebrate the holiday alone,...
