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Echad Mi Yodea (Hebrew:  אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ) is a traditional piyut sung on Passover and found in the haggadah. It enumerates common Jewish motifs and teachings. It is meant to be fun and…

Chad Gadyais a popular song sung in Aramaic at the conclusion of the Passover seder along with other concluding songs, like Echad Mi Yodea to amuse the children and keep them from…

“בארץ-ישראל קם העם היהודי, בה עוצבה דמותו הרוחנית, הדתית והמדינית, בה חי חיי קוממיות ממלכתית, בה יצר נכסי תרבות לאומיים וכלל-אנושיים והוריש לעולם כולו את ספר הספרים הנצחי.” “ERETZ-ISRAEL – the Land…

Jerusalem Day (In Hebrew: יוֹם יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June 1967.The Chief Rabbinate of Israel…

Shavu’ot (Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת  ) the Festival of Weeks, is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance. Agriculturally, it commemorates the time when the first fruits were harvested…

Shavu’ot is not tied to a particular calendar date, but to a counting from Passover. Because the length of the months used to be variable, determined by observation as we have learned…

Mikveh(In Hebrew: מִקְוֶה) a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism. The word “mikveh”, as used in the Old Testament , literally means a “collection”. Ritual immersion is the total…

The Three Weeks or Bein ha-Metzarim (Hebrew: בין המצרים) is a period of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Temples. The Three Weeks start on the seventeenth day of…

Tu B’Av (Hebrew: ט”ו באב ), also known as Holiday of love, the 15th Day of Av, is both an ancient and modern Jewish holiday.It is considered to be a very desirable…

Shofar-blowing (Hebrew: תקיעה בשופר) is a religious duty of Rosh Hashana and the days leading up to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). The Shofar is a horn of a ram used for…