Celebrate

Thought and internal spirituality still require physical action in order to deepen one's religious experience.

Two stories related to Hanukkah focus on the heroic efforts of women.

The act of speaking an oath or a vow aloud gives it binding force in traditional Jewish law.

At the end of Sukkot, rejoicing to prove a point

Three major holidays mentioned in the Torah: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

The ritual marking the end of Shabbat is also performed in modified version at the close of Jewish holidays.

The four-sided top has slightly different markings depending on where in the world it was made.

For the ancient Israelites, the Yom Kippur rituals signified a world in which God brought moral order out of chaos.

Shmita, the Jewish sabbatical year, teaches that what we consider normal is just a construct -- and invites us to imagine alternatives.

The Hebrew month of Elul teaches us that love, like change, requires risk.

Some recite this short prayer each night of Sukkot, inviting one of seven ancestral guests into the sukkah.

In 2020, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, Sept. 18 and ends at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 20.