Is it possible to do all your reflections about the previous year on a single day? And on a day when you do not even eat due to all the sins you committed? Of course not, according to the Jewish ...
Eleven months. In the Jewish tradition, these two words represent an intense period of mourning when we recite Kaddish. It’s been eleven months since October 7, and it’s been the most intense, painful ...
The Alter Rebbe – the Baal HaTanya –in Likutei Torah explains the month of Elul with the following metaphor: The king’s usual place is in the capital city, in the royal palace. Anyone wishing to ...
The new month of Elul has begun, the month prior to beginning the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Elul represents the spiritual alarm clock that reminds us of the period we are entering, the shift ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This is a season of endings, and of new beginnings. These days mark the beginning of the last ...
After Tisha B’Av (observed on Aug. 11 this year), most of us think about the upcoming High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Those holidays will be very late this year — Rosh Hashanah starts ...
Bronze sculpture of an ibex from Iran, 1st millennium BCE. Fishes are not named in either sedra – only the requirement of having fins and scales. Be aware that fish can have different types of scales ...
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