Jewish Holidays: Chag Sukkos

Jewish Holidays: Chag Sukkos I record now, a month and a half later, some thoughts that we focused on during the Jewish Holidays, specifically Chag Sukkos, ideas that remained with me until now. Sukkah: Ananai HaKavod Chazal tell us, and the poskim codify this at the beginning of Hilchos Sukkah, that the Sukkah that we…

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The Chag (Jewish Holiday) of Shavuos

The Chag (Jewish Holiday) of Shavuos This is an edited copy of an article that I wrote in a previous year in a different blog before the Chag, Jewish holiday, of Shavuos, in the category Jewish Holidays. Searching for Jewish Beliefs? Click Here for my main article on Jewish Beliefs. Jewish Holidays: Shavuos 2010 The…

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Preparations for Shavuos

Preparations for Shavuos We are in the last week of Sefirah, doing the last preparations for Shavuos. Shavuos 2010 Shavuos this year, Shavuos 2010, falls on Tuesday evening from sunset May 18, until nightfall on the 19th. Shavuos is a full fledged Chag, Jewish Holiday. Searching for Jewish Beliefs? Click Here for my main article…

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Passover 2010

Table Of Contents of my Passover Articles   The Haftorah For Shabbos HaGadol, Serving G-d and Not Serving Yourself We’re Leaving Mitzrayim, Are You In? Why We Need The Symbols Of Slavery Also on the Table The Second Half Of Maggid Starting With “Metchila Ovday…” The Seder Night As the Vehicle of Passing Over the…

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Passover Haggadah

Table Of Contents of my Passover Articles   The Haftorah For Shabbos HaGadol, Serving G-d and Not Serving Yourself We’re Leaving Mitzrayim, Are You In? Why We Need The Symbols Of Slavery Also on the Table The Second Half Of Maggid Starting With “Metchila Ovday…” The Seder Night As the Vehicle of Passing Over the…

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Purim

Purim Coming up this Sunday, and for some on Monday, is one of the important Jewish Holidays, Purim. Not a full fledged chag, as I wrote in my previous post, not a Yom Tov, but Purim is one of the major-league minor-holidays. Searching for Jewish Beliefs? Click Here for my main article on Jewish Beliefs.…

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Purim 5770

Purim 5770 Purim 5770 falls on Saturday night and Sunday Feb. 27-28 for most places, and Sunday night and Monday, Feb 28 and March 1 for walled cities like Jerusalem. Purim is not amongst the major Jewish Holidays, it is not a full fledged chag, however it is a major minor-holiday. Purim 5770: Mitzvah Some…

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