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A few years ago, I was in a synagogue, and I overheard one man ask another, "When is Channukah this year?" The other man smiled slyly and replied, "Same as always: the 25th of Kislev." This humorous comment makes an important point: the date of Jewish holidays does not change from year to year. Holidays are celebrated on the same day of the Jewish calendar every year, but the Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year on the Gregorian calendar used by most of the western world, so the date shifts on the Gregorian calendar. The Jewish calendar is primarily lunar, with each month beginning on the new moon, when the first sliver of moon becomes visible after the dark of the moon.
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admin | November 14, 2021
Hebrew (and Yiddish) uses a different alphabet than English. The picture to the right illustrates the Hebrew alphabet, in Hebrew alphabetical order
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admin | November 14, 2021
Israels Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana is on a mission. A member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennetts Yamina party, Kahana has set out to break the Chief Rabbinates monopoly on conversion and kashrut
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Leonard Cohen's beautiful verses from songs such as Hallelujah and You Want It Darker are deeply religious, and according to author Harry Freedman, they're just two of many where Cohen borrowed from ancient texts.
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Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the things your eyes saw and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known to your children and to your childrens children
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Betsy Besl exudes creativity. She just cant help herself
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Dani Colman is the author ofThe Unfinished Corner, a middle-grade graphic novel illustrated by Rachel Petrovicz, colored by Whitney Cogar, lettered by Jim Campbell, and published by Vault Comics. Dani sat down with But Why Tho
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admin | November 14, 2021
Everyone, or almost everyone, loves Thanksgiving.
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admin | November 14, 2021
33rd Sunday in ordinary time, Cycle B: Todays readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14,18; Mark 13:24-32. The word apocalyptic is bandied about so often nowadays that it has all but lost its true meaning
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The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020 created serious difficulties for Ugandas Jews as well as for the countrys first native-born Jewish doctor, who the 2,500 community members have come to rely on for assistance.
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