by Stuart T.
Some years back when visiting in France, I was staying at a friend who attends Beth Loubavitch in Orteaux, a Chabad House in Paris. An interesting thing happened. The Rabbi ...
Honey is a big feature of Rosh Hashanah. We dip the apple in honey on the first night of the Jewish New Year, and continue to dip our Challah in honey (instead of the usual salt) for much of this …
This year we once again have these the series of 3-day holidays (2 days of Jewish holiday that run right into Shabbos, for 3-days total of meals, prayers and holiday spirit) starting with Rosh Hashanah and g...
A. Biblically, its a one-day holiday, the first of Tishrei. Practically, its observed as a tw0-day holiday in nearly all Jewish communities.
Most two-day Jewish holidays (such as the first two and las...
It was exciting for UAlbany to host the Maccabeats at the Performing Arts Center. Kudos to UAlbany Hillel for organizing and hosting, selling out the show, which filled the large Main Theater with lots of c...