This is How to Greet Someone Properly on Rosh Hashanah There are a variety of ways to let someone know that you are thinking of them during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which begins on the first day of the month of Elul. You can wish them well in three different languages: English, Hebrew, …
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Jewish Baby Naming: Choose Hebrew Names for Bris or Brit Bat Jewish babies are given a Hebrew name shortly after they are born. For baby boys, there is an urgency because the Jewish baby naming usually coincides with the bris (brit milah in Hebrew) which occurs exactly eight days after he is born. Jewish baby …
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Choose Your Favorite From These Havdalah Sets Shabbat is such an important weekly tradition that we can’t end the day of rest without acknowledgement. Cue Havdalah, the ritual ceremony in which we separate Shabbat from the rest of the week by reciting blessings over a cup of wine, sweet smelling spices, and a burning flame …
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Favorite Jewish Cookbooks Your Bubbe Would Definitely Approve Of With so many fabulous recipes online these days, it begs the question…is there still a need for Jewish cookbooks? I believe the answer to that is a resounding yes. As made evident in so many of the ones listed here, Jewish cookbooks are not just a …
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A Curated Roundup of the Absolute Best Passover Recipes There are thousands of Passover recipes on the internet and many more hidden deep in the pages of classic Jewish cookbooks. So many of these recipes look absolutely delectable; it’s hard to choose between them all and decide what to serve for seder! Passover isn’t the …
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Learn To Speak and Chant the Havdalah Blessings and Perform the Saturday Evening Ritual Ceremony Stand outside on Saturday night awaiting the darkness and three stars to shine in the sky. It’s the moment Shabbat ends and Havdalah begins, the ceremony which separates (Havdalah means separation in Hebrew) the holy day from the rest of …
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Hebrew Review Ideas for Your Kids This Summer Repetition is key when learning how to read Hebrew and chant Bar and Bat Mitzvah blessings. If you don’t memorize the letters and vowels in the Hebrew alphabet, you simply will not be able to read Hebrew. During the school year when your child is attending religious …
Send Your Child to Any of These Jewish Summer Camps in California Jewish summer camps can make a tremendous impact on a child’s life because they aim to make Judaism fun by building a sense of community, connection, and adventure. And the good news is that there are a ton of Jewish summer camps in …
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Holocaust Videos and Film Resources for 5th – 9th Grades It is absolutely imperative that we teach about the horrors of the Holocaust, so that history does not repeat itself. It is a challenging subject to teach, especially to children. Middle school age children are old enough to understand what happened, but probably not quite …
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On the eighth day of a Jewish baby boy’s life, there is a special ceremony called a bris (brit milah in Hebrew) where the newborn boy is circumcised by a mohel – a person trained in performing ritual Jewish circumcisions. Following the ceremony, a feast or luncheon is held in celebration of this important day. …
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