What's Happening in the Torah? Rosh HaShanah Activities for Families
A Rosh HaShanah Family Activity: Make Your Own Bee Hotels
The Rosh HaShanah Amidah
The basic Rosh HaShanah Amidah is an elaboration of that for the Festivals. Both have seven benedictions, as on Shabbat—the first three and last three of the daily Amidah, with the Kedushat hayom (“Sanctity of the Day”) benediction in the middle.1 On both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, the Kedushat hayom benediction builds on the text for the Festivals:
What Goes on the Rosh HaShanah Seder Plate?
House Committee on Un-American Activities
Reform Judaism has long recognized the need for constant vigil against those external forces which undermine our democracy and subvert American liberties. Equally clear is our condemnation of those internal forces which, in the name of patriotism, whip up hysteria, permit irresponsible a
Pursuing Social Justice: Yom Kippur Activities for Families
Creating New Rituals and Tradition for the School Year and the New Year
For children, traditions and rituals are significant; they provide predictability, support, and familiarity, while bringing families together and creating unity and a sense of belonging.
What is the Jewish symbolism of the pomegranate?
The pomegranate is one of the Seven Species mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as being native to the Land of Israel.