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Tu B’Shevat: New Year of the Trees
On the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, we celebrate Tu B’Shevat– the New Year of the trees and the fruits. Tu B’Shevat, which falls this year on Feb…. Read more
A Chanukah message: Human Effort and Divine Help
By Rabbi Gary J. Lavit ~ On one of my backpacking trips, I got caught in bad weather while walking on top of a nearly mile-high mountain range. The sun… Read more
Chanukah Events In Connecticut
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 Greenwich – Family Shabbat Service and Chanukah Celebration featuring the GRS House Band and a catered dinner; 6:30 p.m.; Greenwich Reform Synagogue, 257 Stanwich Rd., (203) 629-0018… Read more
Kolot: Hosanna!
Wednesday, Oct. 19 (21 Tishrei) marks the Jewish holiday of Hoshanna Rabbah, the seventh and concluding day of the holiday of Sukkot. Hoshanna Rabba is unique in its latent potential… Read more
Reflections on Yom Kippur
By Rabbi Jeff Glickman ~ Many people find Yom Kippur to be the least fun day of the year. Guess what, that is the way it is supposed to be…. Read more
Tu B’Av: The 15th of Av
“Israel had no greater holidays than the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur. On these days the daughters of Jerusalem would go out dressed in white to dance in the… Read more
Tu B’Av on the Web
With Tisha B’Av over, we leave the saddest part of the calendar behind us and turn to one of the most joyous (and least known) holidays,] Tu B’Av was the… Read more
A Debt of Truth: Musings on Tisha B’Av
On the Ninth of Av we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which was twice destroyed on this date each time leading to exile for the Jewish… Read more
All about Lag B’Omer
What is Lag B’Omer? Lag B’omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, falls this year on May 22. Lag B’Omer is a festive day of rejoicing, because on this day,… Read more
Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha’atzmaut in the words of Young Emissaries
Connecticut’s Israel Young Emissaries told us why these two important days are held consecutively…and how they are celebrated at home.
