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How Is Rosh Hashanah Celebrated?

Sholom Schreirber -
Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday marking the first and second days of the Jewish year. (In 2021, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Monday, September 6, and continues...
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New Moon, New Year, New World

Sholom Schreirber -
A meditation on the meaning of Rosh Hashanah By Eli Rubin Sound the shofar on the New Moon, in concealment for the day of our festival.1 This is a verse...
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Why Do We Dip the Apple Into Honey on Rosh Hashanah?

Sholom Schreirber -
By Yehuda Shurpin(Chabad.org) One of the classic symbols of Rosh Hashanah is the apple dipped in honey. On the night of Rosh Hashanah, after we have made kiddush, washed,...
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Preparing For a Second Covid Rosh Hashanah Around the World

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By Tzemach Feller(Chabad.org) As the 2021 High Holidays approach and the delta variant of the coronavirus creates a new time of uncertainty, one sure constant will be the...
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10 Rosh Hashanah Customs From Around the World

Sholom Schreirber -
By Menachem Posner You are probably familiar with the widespread (Ashkenazi) Rosh Hashanah customs of eating round raisin challah and apples dipped in honey, pomegranate, the head of a fish, sweet...
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What Is Tisha B’Av?

Sholom Schreirber -
(Chabad.org) Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (July 17-18, 2021), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive...
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On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity

Sholom Schreirber -
DEBORAH FINEBLUM(JNS) Why is Tisha B’Av the saddest day of the Jewish year? Eerily, not only were both of the holy temples in Jerusalem destroyed on...
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Making meaning: Tisha B’Av and connecting to Zionism

Sholom Schreirber -
(JNS) Sometimes, prayer can seem like a daunting task. For some of us, we feel like without a rabbi to tell us what page...
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What to know about Shavuot to unleash the power of the holiday

Sholom Schreirber -
By DEBORAH FINEBLUM(JNS) You could say that Shavuot is the most important holiday most Jews know virtually nothing about. And you wouldn’t be completely wrong. Nonetheless, the holiday—beginning...
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Who Was Shimon Bar Yochai?

Sholom Schreirber -
By: Barry Shaw An Israeli national disaster occurred at the Lag B’Omer festival on Mount Meron in northern Israel on 28 April when 45 people...
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73 fun facts about Israel

Sholom Schreirber -
To celebrate Israel’s 73rd birthday on April 15, we’ve brought together a list of 73 weird, wacky and remarkable things about this tiny country...
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Congresswoman Maloney Statement on Yom HaShoa

Sholom Schreirber -
On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), author of the Never Again Education Act, released the following statement. “Today, on Yom HaShoah,...
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11 Images that Tell of Jewish Empowerment in the Holocaust

Sholom Schreirber -
By Mordechai Lightstone(Chabad.org)  Often in our reflections on the Holocaust, the imagery we focus on is the dread, and human suffering, gas chambers, mass graves and...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day back-to-back with Independence Day in Israel

Sholom Schreirber -
By: Ron Jager The days following Pesach are always an emotionally charged period in Israel. From celebrating the redemption of the Jewish nation during Pesach,...
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Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day – April 7th & 8th

Sholom Schreirber -
Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day will be observed this year starting Wednesday evening, 7 April 2021 through Thursday, 8 April 2021. The official...
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The Pharaoh Syndrome

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By Tzvi Freeman(Chabbad.org) People knock pop psychologists and their euphemisms, but I often wonder if we wouldn't be better off borrowing some of their political correctness...
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