Courtesy of Chabad.org This year, 2025, is one of those rare years when Passover begins on Saturday evening, as Shabbat departs. While Passover can technically begin on four of the week’s...

By Yehuda Altein(Chabad.org) One of the most important steps in getting ready for Passover is selling your chametz (leavened food) to a non-Jew. But why do we do this, and...

By Eli Rubin(Chabad.org)  How it Began Over the course of the last few decades, the mass Seders organized in such exotic places as Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam...

By Judith Segaloff (JNS) For many, Passover planning begins the day they sift through bags of Purim goodies. Then faced with the inevitable panic, especially...

Purim has arrived, bringing with it commandments, customs and Adloyada celebrations. But before you immerse yourself in costumes, noisemakers and mishloach manot (food baskets), here’s a concise halachic guide...

(JNS) The Israel Defense Forces’ Military Rabbinate distributed almost half a million hamantaschen, or oznei Haman (“Haman’s ears”) cookies, the army said ahead of the holiday of...

By Yehuda Shurpin (Chabad.org) his year, Purim falls on a Friday. For most of the day’s observances—hearing the Megillah, giving gifts to the poor, and sending food...

Purim commemorates the survival of the Jewish people, who were marked for death by their Persian rulers in the fifth century B.C. In the...

The Masks Our Students Wear By: Debbie Niderberg One of the most exciting elements of Purim, for many children (and even adults), is the opportunity to...

1. It Tells a Story of Palace Intrigue Set in ancient Persia in the 4th century BCE, the Book of Esther recounts the dramatic events...

By Jonathan S. Tobin ( JNS) This is not the first time in history in which some Jews have internalized the hate that has...

We are delighted to announce that The Jewish Voice will be publishing its much-anticipated Passover editions on April 1st and April 8th! As one of our...

(Chabad.org) The mitzvah of lighting menorah is unique in that it is designed to take place in public and to elicit a reaction from those who see...

By Deborah Fineblum This is one tour where you’re going to want to bring your appetite along. And quite possibly a towel. Because oil—and plenty of...

By By Dovid Margolin(Chabad.Org) On a cold Chanukah night in the winter of 1974, five Chabadniks schlepped a small wooden menorah onto Independence Mall in Philadelphia. They hadn’t done much advertising,...

(JNS) Some 5,000 people attended the annual Chabad lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse, south of the White House, on Wednesday night,...