Before Hannukah, many have dubbed the lull in holidays as "Jewish Book Month." With so many excellent Jewish novels to ...

3. According to Leviticus 23:26-32: “The Lord said to Moses, that the tenth day of this seventh month [Tishrei] is the Day of Atonement…. Do not do any work on that day…. This is a lasting ordinance ...

This Shabbat we bentch Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, which will be on Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27. In our fixed calendar, Sivan always has 30 days; hence Rosh Chodesh Tamuz is always two days. Tamuz ...

All Jewish days, including Holy Days and Festivals, begin at sunset with the lighting of candles. (This has to do with the teaching in the book of Genesis during creation: there was evening, there was ...