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Jewish Holiday & Shabbat Prayers
Each and every holiday in the Jewish calendar comes with its own unique set of insertions into the prayers intended to celebrate the special character of that festival.
Minor Fasts
The five minor Jewish fasts like Tzom Gedaliah, 10 Tevet, 17 Tammuz commemorate tragedies in Jewish history.
The Dimensions of Repentance
The link Maimonides found between confession and repentance.
Who Fasts?
There are exceptions to the Yom Kippur fast.
Yom Kippur: Rabbinic Development
After the destruction of the second Temple, the focus of the holiday changes.
Some Meanings of Brit Milah
The message to the one who is circumcised: The covenant involves pain and sacrifice as well as honor and sanctity. And it is part of who you are, branded into your flesh at birth.
A Historical View of Pidyon HaBen
From biblical to contemporary times, how Jews have practiced this ceremony of redemption of the first-born.
Spiraling Towards Repentance
There are five factors in teshuvah (repentance), each of which can be a starting point for the entire process.