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Sukkah Kits Review: Which is Best to Build a Sukkah?

Build a Beautiful Sukkah With One of These Awesome Sukkah Kits Growing up, my family always built a sukkah and I have such fond memories of the tradition. As a little kid, being able to actively participate with the sukkah decorating makes the activity that much more memorable and having friends and family over to …

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Timeless Jewish Wedding Gifts Ideas for the Happy Couple

Traditional + Personalized Jewish Wedding Gifts Ideas If you’re attending a Jewish wedding, there are a wide variety of gifts you can choose from to give to the happy couple. Along with traditional wedding gifts like dinner plates, champagne flutes, and instant pots, there are Judaica pieces and Jewish art to consider as well. But …

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Sign Up for Online Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring and Hebrew Training

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tutoring with B’nai Mitzvah Academy Are you looking for a virtual tutor that will get your children Bar/Bat Mitzvah ready? By the end of our program, your child will recognize Hebrew letters and vowels, read Hebrew, chant the required B’nai Mitzvah blessings, and confidently recite a Torah and Haftarah portion by …

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The Perfect List of Sukkah Decorations Ideas for Sukkot

These Awesome Sukkah Decorations Ideas Will Get You Sukkot Party Ready If you are ever in a room where the question is asked, “What’s your favorite Jewish holiday?” you’ll hear people say Passover or Hanukkah more often than not. And that’s a fair answer because those two holidays are pretty awesome. But, my response will …

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Learn Rosh Hashanah Greetings in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish

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 Tishrei. You can wish them well in three different languages: English, Hebrew, …

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Jewish Baby Naming for Boys and Girls: How Does it Work?

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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Beautiful Havdalah Sets to Use During the Saturday Night Ritual

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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Jewish Cookbooks that Should Absolutely Be on Your Kitchen Shelf

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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25 of the Best Passover Recipes You NEED to Make for the Seder Meal

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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