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Blow the Trumpet in Zion
Joel 2: Blow the Trumpet in Zion Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Rehearsing for the Jewish High Holy Days
Some years ago I sang as the tenor lay cantor in a Reform Jewish temple. My then voice teacher was the choir director, and there were five voices which made up the lay cantors. He loved the different voices.
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Or Zarua La Tsadik
When I stood up to sing this chant for the Jewish high holy days as the tenor lay cantor in a large reform synagogue, my mind immediately went to the English translation. "Light is sown for the righteous, and for the upright in heart." "Or zarua la...
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Vegan Challah with Raisins
Ingredients: 2 packages dry yeast 2 cups warm water (105°F-115°F) 1/2 cup sugar, divided 3 tablespoons flaxseed 3/4 cup water
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Celebrating Rosh Hashana with Food
Food is an important part of the celebration of Jewish festivals. Not only does the preparation and serving of specially prepared dishes bring people together in communion, but the different types of fruits, vegetables, and meats consumed during the...
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, the Day of atonement, is the most sacred of the Jewish holidays. It is regarded as the "Sabbath of Sabbaths."
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Parashat Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is described in Leviticus 16. This entire chapter describes how the ordinance of the Day of Atonement was to be carried out in the sanctuary and later in the temple of Jerusalem. That's why the sanctuary and its services are very important...
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The Jewish Calendar
LUNAR-SOLAR CALENDAR The Jewish calendar is based mainly on the phases of the moon; but it also regulates itself to a lesser degree by the sun. God said let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them...
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Ancient Legacy of Chinese Jews
The Chinese government, which now recognizes Jews as an official Chinese ethnic group, is also paying more attention to the country's Jewish past.
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Jewish Calendar
LUNAR-SOLAR CALENDAR. The Jewish calendar is based mainly on the phases of the moon; but it also regulates itself to a lesser degree by the sun.
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Parashat Va'yeirah
Parasha for the Week: Vayera Genesis 18:1 – 22:24. Haftara for the Week: 2 Kings 4:1 – 37. Besorat Yeshua: Mark 10:41 – 52.
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Challah
Bread plays a very important role in Jewish tradition. In the Torah when Holy visitors come to visit Abraham we read, “Abraham hurried to the tent where Sarah was and said to her, ‘Hurry, prepare twenty quarts of fine flour, and make it into loaves of...
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Gisella Perl
Gisella Perl was born into a Jewish family in Hungary in 1907, and aspired to medical school despite the reluctance of her father who did not want her to lose her Jewish faith in a secular medical curriculum, who stated, "I do not want my daughter to...
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Israel's Minister for Foreign Affairs Addresses General Debate - 74th session
Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, son of Holocaust survivors, addressed the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN.
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The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor: Seven aCenturies of Worship
A 13th century Medieval Hebrew illustrated Prayer Book went to auction at Sotheby’s.
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Why in the World do we Celebrate Tu B'Shvat
Googling Tu B'shvat brings up millions of results for searches on the Jewish holiday Tu B'shvat (טו בשבט). For example, readers can find out when Tu B'shvat is celebrated: in 2024 it begins at sunset on the 24th of January and ends the next evening,...
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Tzimmes
Tzimmes is any kind of sweet stew. It usually is orange in color, and includes carrots, sweet potatoes and/or prunes. A wide variety of dishes fall under the heading "tzimmes." On Passover, I commonly make a tzimmes of carrots and pineapple chunks...
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The Shofar that Survived Nazi Extermination
A shofar has been recovered from one of Europe’s oldest synagogues in Worms, Germany that was desecrated by Nazi mobs on Kristallnacht, translated to the English as the “Night of Broken Glass.”
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Parashat Behar-Bechukotai 2021
Parasha for the Week: Behar-Bechukotai: Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 Haftarah for the Week: Jeremiah 32:6 - 27 Apostolic Writings: Luke 4:14 – 22
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Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Parasha for the Week: Behar-Bechukotai: Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34. Haftarah for the Week: Jeremiah 32:6 – 27. Apostolic Writings: Luke 4:14 – 22.
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