Selichot are special prayers for forgiveness that are recited on fast days as well as during the period just before Yom Kippur. These prayers are generally recited just before dawn as the Jewish...
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Why do Jews Dip Apples in Honey on Jewish New Years?
The tradition of dipping apples into honey is explored by funny man Benji Lovitt. Most importantly, the issue in question is “why honey?” Surely in this modern age, we can come up with an...
Days of Awesome: A Divine High Holiday Experience in LA
For the fifth year in a row we are co-sponsoring the most user-friendly, explanatory and inspiring services for young adults in Los Angeles, and maybe he world. Come as you are. Some Highlights...
10 Things New Years Can Learn From Rosh Hashanah
New Year’s is a massive celebration we have been looking forward to for some time. Before We head off to the night club to party, before we pop that champagne cork, let’s take a few steps...
Occupy Genesis: Rewinding the Torah, Repairing the World
(Cross-posted on Huffpost.com) The story of creation begins again this week in synagogues around the world. The Jewish people make a global reset and roll-back our Torah scrolls. Fresh and new, our...
Holiday recipes as Sweet as the Traffic Around the U.N.
It is the Wednesday before Rosh HaShanah, and newspapers around the world, from the Manhattan’s Upper East Side to Toronto’s High Park, from the U.N. General Assembly to LA’s Pico...
Shofar, It’s That Time of the Year
In shul this morning we began the custom of blowing the Shofar, after morning prayers. This ancient custom coincides with the new Jewish month of Elul. (However you will not see this moon-related...
On Rosh Hashanah it will be inscribed
From Jonathan Berliner-from his 2009 High Holidays Reader… sources available upon request. בר×ש ×”×©× ×” יכתבון ×•×‘×™×•× ×¦×•× ×›×¤×•×¨ יחתמון… ” On Rosh Hashanah...