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Share.. Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah together are commonly known among English speaking Jewish communities as the High Holy Days. While, these Holidays symbolize remembrance, judgment and repentance. These are the foremost days on the Jewish calendar. While Jewish holidays usually mark a historic event or a seasonal change, the High Holidays focus on humanity; [...]

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Share..With holidays coming up to many cultures and religions, I thought it best to start the season with a 5 Best & 5 Worst list of Holiday Gifts to give you some ideas, help you make the right decision and avoid unpleasant mistakes… Best: Bacconaise — stock up on this new hot seller, bacon flavored [...]

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Share..Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year has many customs. The Shofar is one, and eating apples dipped in honey and other sweet foods is another. Rosh Hashanah’s evening feast features a custom to eat an apple which has been dipped in honey and other sweet foods to symbolize a sweet new year. A lovely custom [...]

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Share..In last Sunday’s New York Times, Corey Kilgannon reported that Levi Meisner’s Shofar Shop which, reported Kilgannon, is actually the corner of the living room of his third-floor apartment on 12th Avenue in Brooklyn, is open for browsing during the Hebrew month of Elul. Meisner actually holds down a full-time office vocation, but come the [...]

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Share..Ok, the Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up on the 29th of March. If you have Jews in your family or many Jewish friends, you just might receive an invitation to a Passover Seder. If so, you should be both excited and touched. This special meal is something that everyone should experience at least [...]

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Share..Hanukkah or the Festival of Lights starts on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar – which is a lunar calendar, similar to our own. This year it will start at sundown on Saturday, the 12th of December, and it will continue for eight days until sundown of Saturday the 19th of December. The [...]

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Share..In Judaism the Menorah is a very important symbol. The Tabernacle in the Desert as well as the Holy Temple had in it a large golden, seven-branched candelabrum. It represented the Burning Bush which Moses saw. During the holiday of Hanukkah, every Jewish home has a special Menorah with nine branches. Eight of the branches [...]

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