Rosh Hashanah |
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High Holidays Trailer
A preview of the stimulating and moving events of the month of Tishrei, the Jewish New Year. |
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A Child's Cry
By Chana Weisberg
What parent can resist the desperate cries of his or her child? The call of the shofar is our raw guttural cry to our Father in Heaven. |
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Firsts
By Ezra Krybus
That first day of school, your first job interview, your first day in your own home, the first day of the rest of your life... |
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Win the War!
By Lazer Gurkow
There is a battle that rages inside the heart of every one of us. Will it ever end? Is there a strategy for decisive victory? Based on the verse (Psalms 55:19) "In peace He has redeemed my soul from battle." |
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High Holidays with the Rebbe
Join us as we spend the "head" and nerve center of the Jewish year with the Rebbe |
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The High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
The Day of Awe: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. |
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Jewish New Year Greeting Cards
Send a Shanah Tovah greeting card to friends and family! Wish them a happy and healthy New Year, and hey, maybe you'll get one back too! |
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High Holiday Services and Events Directory
Celebrate the High Holidays among friends and connect with your inner self. From Alabama to Wisconsin, Abidjan to Zurich, join us and find your local High Holiday home. |
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Rosh Hashanah for Kids
Get your children excited about Rosh Hashanah! Guides, arts & crafts, recipes, multimedia, games and more... |
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Rosh Hashanah Guide
A comprehensive Rosh Hashanah guide that takes you from holiday preparations to the closing moments of this special holiday. |
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The Rosh Hashanah 2010 Calendar
A practical holiday calendar which will lead you through every day of the holiday's mitzvot, rituals, and customs. Print it out for handy reference during Rosh Hashanah... |
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Services at a Glance
New to the synagogue? This article will give you an idea what's in store for you. With nervousness gone, now you can concentrate on the prayers! |
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Day Before Rosh Hashanah
Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances. |
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It's OK to Be Imperfect
By Areyah Kaltmann
Should he leave as logic dictated? Or should he stay, as his heart was inexplicably urging him? But, he'd left his Jewish learning behind so many years ago... |
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Last Year Wasn't That Bad
By Levi Avtzon
The attitude of "last year was bad" is wrong, a lie. |
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The G-d Business
By Yanki Tauber
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this? |
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Chana's Prayer
By Tzvi Freeman
This, then, is the secret of prayer: The entire world may be ripping apart at the seams, but the beseecher's heart and mouth are at peace as one. |
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Hospital-bound, She Found a Way to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah
By Jane Falk
His black fedora was cocked gangster-like to the right, and the tails of his frock coat flapped with every step. |
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In the Land of Obmah
By Yaakov Paley
After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom... |
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Rosh Hashanah Readings
In the Rosh Hashanah Torah readings: Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem... Also: Abraham's outreach, Sarah's superiority, Chanah's prayer, and the binding of Isaac |
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Why is Rosh Hashanah considered the Jewish New Year?
By Rochel Chein
What actually occurred on the first Rosh Hashanah, more than 5700 years ago? What are we commemorating? |
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What's Your Excuse for Not Attending Synagogue?
By Aron Moss
At almost every function I attend, a wedding, kid's birthday party or communal gathering, someone comes up to me and says, "Rabbi, do you know why I don't go to synagogue...." |
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Losing to Win
By Hanna Perlberger
I know it’s a childish and irrational projection, but that’s how I sum up my heavenly Father – the One up there who has no malice towards me, but is certainly not dependable, who will lure me into a false sense of security, if I let Him, but then will pull the rug out and disappear in the middle of the night... |
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Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Make sure to begin the New Year right with foods that carry symbolic meaning, Jewish tradition and are, of course, absolutely delicious! |
