Yom Kippur, widely regarded as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is observed just over a week after the Jewish New Year ...
Rosh Hashanah, meaning "head of the year" in Hebrew, is the celebration of the Jewish New Year. It’s commemorated with ...
JTA — Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and celebrate “matan Torah,” literally, “the giving of the Torah” at Mount Sinai. It conjures up images of the tablets being handed to Moses in ...
Yom Kippur is the most solemn of Jewish holidays, during which Jews seek to atone for their sins and achieve reconciliation with God, according to Britannica. It concludes the Ten Days of Repentance ...
The answer is both meaningful and practical—one has as long as they would like to take it down, but you may not use the ...
Rosh Hashana, which translates from Hebrew as "head of the year," is one of the most important observances on the Jewish calendar. Many Jews take off work or school during this time. Yom Kippur, known ...
Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. It’s one of the holiest ...
Our Gemara on amud aleph quotes Iyov (28:13-28) about the inestimable value of wisdom and how it cannot be bought, traded, or compared to anything else. Chazal understand these verses to refer to the ...
That’s how many students participated in the 2025 JewQ International Torah Championship, the game show-style competition where students from around the world are quizzed about Jewish holidays, mitzvot ...
Any competent rabbi will tell you that it’s against the Torah to give away any part of the Holy Land to the enemies of the State of Israel.The post Trump’s ...
The Ramchal, Vilna Gaon, and many other Jewish thinkers explain the deep meaning behind the 49-day process of sefirah based on a principle we have previously developed. Every process contains three ...
In an era when AI is opening new questions about the ownership of texts, the Torah stands apart, writes the chief learning officer at Sefaria. Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and ...