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Nina’s Rosh Hashanah Cooking Show! Sharing family favoritesMoshe Storch Sings to God! Counting the OmerNina and Sal read the Book of Lamentations On Tisha b'Av we mourn our lost Temple.Today’s Shofar Blast! Today's shofar blast. Share it with a friend!L’Chaim Show – Purim Edition! Holiday JoyUman At Rosh Hashanah Time Nothing Like It!Hoshana Rabbah! Dancing with the willows before next year's decree is sealed!
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The Summer Solstice And Judaism – Bring On the Clouds!
The longest day of the year is a time when God’s presence is most concealed. Even on a hot, cloudless day, however, the Sages’ words of Torah aroused moisture in the air, which in turn created the beautiful semblance of a rainbow.
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Christmas In Jerusalem With My Beautiful Mom
Good Shabbos! Ten years ago today, I toured the Old City of Jerusalem on Christmas Day with Mom. My film “When Do We Eat?” was playing in the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, and Mom seized the chance to visit Israel with me – something we’d never done together.
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Hanukkah in Germany, 1931
Directly across from the Posner home stood the Nazi headquarters. With the eight lights of the menorah glowing brightly in her window, Rabbi Posner’s wife, Rachel, snapped a photo of it and captured the Nazi flag in the background.
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The Bride With Many Souls
On the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av, the maidens of Jerusalem would go out dressed in white garments and dance in the vineyards.
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An Ancient Trick For Resolutions That Stick
The Jewish holiday season, from Rosh Hashanah through Sukkot, is actually a sophisticated technology for personal repair bequeathed to us by G-d via Moses 3,300 years ago, with accompanying instructions for upgrades over the millennia.
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