Wow, these early Shabbats just creep up on you! Shabbat before 4:30? Where did the summer go?
Print these articles off. Read them at shul. Thank me later.
The perfect way to get rid of the leftover apples from the Fall. Make your own applesauce for Hanukkah.
Patrilineal descent is a divisive issue within the Jewish community. Read more about the Reform movement’s 1983 decision.
Here is a new video that we made on how to properly do Hagbah and Gelilah. A good watch even if you think you know everything there is to know already.
Ever wonder why you’re supposed to light Hanukkah candles in your window sill? The rabbis provide answers.
Just when you thought there were no more books to read after you finished the Tanakh, you find out, “NO! What’s this Apocrypha?!?!?!?” Find out here.
Hagbah
Pronounced: HAHG-buh, Origin: Hebrew, lifting of the opened Torah scroll after the public Torah reading is complete.
Hanukkah
Pronounced: KHAH-nuh-kah, also ha-new-KAH, an eight-day festival commemorating the Maccabees’ victory over the Greeks and subsequent rededication of the temple. Falls in the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually corresponds with December.
Shabbat
Pronounced: shuh-BAHT or shah-BAHT, Origin: Hebrew, the Sabbath, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
