The eight-day festival of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, or Feast of Dedication, has become an integral part of the sequence of Jewish holidays celebrated annually, this year from sunset on 28 November to sunset on 6 December.
We live in what many would call a “postmodern” age. What that means, when all is said and done, is that all truth is regarded as relative. And so, according to this view, there are no longer any absolutes in life. Postmodernists have been described as generally...
Much has been written and many opinions aired on Israel’s recent election and subsequent leadership transition, which prompts me to share some thoughts drawn from the upcoming Torah portion named Vayelech—Deuteronomy 31:1-30.
n interesting and powerfully symbolic aspect of the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles—Sukkot—which will be celebrated this year from the evening of 20 September to the evening of 27 September, relates to the lulav.
The feast of Tabernacles celebrates the gathering of the harvest—but not the earlier harvest of wheat or barley used to make bread that sustains life.
“A short summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us. We won. Let’s eat.” (Comedian Alan King) This year the Jewish holiday of Purim and the Biblical feast of Pesach formed as it were “bookends” enclosing the month of March. Purim this year began at sunset...