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Yom Kippur–A Precious Gift

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We are just days away from Yom Kippur. A time for us to reckon with our past, and daven for our...

Yom Kippur – Getting In Touch With Ourselves

By: Rabbi Berel Wein Yom Kippur is not only the day of holiness and forgiveness of sin – it is also the great day of...

Sukkos in the Air – The Six Sides of Protection

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s Succos time. Time to get a lulav and essrog. Time to take the succah walls out of storage. Time to...

Sukkos – Zman Simchaseinu; The Time of Our Happiness

By: Torah.org Staff Throughout the works of our Sages, we find that the holiday of Sukkos is referred to as “Zman Simchaseinu,” “The time of...

Manhattan Event Was City’s Largest Torah Dedication Ever, Organizers Say

(JNS) – Some 5,000 people marched several blocks on Park Avenue through Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Monday evening, in what organizers say is...

‘We mourn through learning Torah’: Boston Jews unite in study to remember Oct. 7 victims

(JNS) Some 75 people gathered at Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe, a nearly 85-year-old Modern Orthodox synagogue in Brighton, Mass., on Sunday for a siyum, a...

Moral Clarity as we approach October 7

By Prof. Phyllis Chesler While Israelis may be under the most profound military siege and are rising to the challenge with unbelievable bravery and heroism...

What Is Yom Kippur?

The Day of Atonement By: Chabad.org Yom Kippur In Brief What: Yom Kippur fast day is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to...

The Ten Days of Repentance: The Aseret Yemay Teshuvah

By: Chabad.org The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are known as Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, or the Ten Days of Repentance (more accurately...

Patricia Heaton Urges Non-Jews to Support Israel by Putting up Mezuzahs

By: JNS.org Patricia Heaton, a non-Jewish actress perhaps best known for her role in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has emerged as a prominent pro-Israel voice since...

Selichos – Is That Honk Necessary?

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It’s 2 AM. “Ani ye’sheinah, v’leebe eir, I am sleeping, but my heart is awake.” (Shir HaShirim 5:2) I came home from...

Rosh HaShanah Haftara – We Are All Chana

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin On the first day of Rosh HaShana, the haftara is the story of Chana, from the Book of Shmuel. It is...

The Laws of Rosh Hashanah

The Laws of Rosh Hashanah By Yehuda Shurpin Painting by Alex Levin (ArtLevin.com) This article is a guide to the laws that are specific to Rosh Hashanah. For a...

Pomegranate seeds add flair and tradition to a Rosh Hashanah salad

(AP) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, has many wonderful foods associated with it. Apples, honey, beef brisket, noodle kugel — and shining on...

Chief Rabbinate Elections in Israel: Rabbi David Yosef Elected as Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amid Ashkenazi Election Deadlock

Chief Rabbinate Elections in Israel: Rabbi David Yosef Elected as Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amid Ashkenazi Election Deadlock Edited by: TJVNews.com The elections for the Chief Rabbinate...

Patricia Heaton Urges Non-jews to Support Israel by Putting up Mezuzahs

(JNS) – Patricia Heaton, a non-Jewish actress perhaps best known for her role in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has emerged as a prominent pro-Israel voice...

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