A preview of the stimulating and moving events of the month of Tishrei, the Jewish New Year.
By Chana Weisberg
What parent can resist the desperate cries of his or her child? The call of the shofar is our raw guttural cry to our Father in Heaven.
By Ezra Krybus
That first day of school, your first job interview, your first day in your own home, the first day of the rest of your life...
By Lazer Gurkow
There is a battle that rages inside the heart of every one of us. Will it ever end? Is there a strategy for decisive victory? Based on the verse (Psalms 55:19) "In peace He has redeemed my soul from battle."
Join us as we spend the "head" and nerve center of the Jewish year with the Rebbe
The Day of Awe: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Send a Shanah Tovah greeting card to friends and family! Wish them a happy and healthy New Year, and hey, maybe you'll get one back too!
Celebrate the High Holidays among friends and connect with your inner self. From Alabama to Wisconsin, Abidjan to Zurich, join us and find your local High Holiday home.
Get your children excited about Rosh Hashanah! Guides, arts & crafts, recipes, multimedia, games and more...
A comprehensive Rosh Hashanah guide that takes you from holiday preparations to the closing moments of this special holiday.
A practical holiday calendar which will lead you through every day of the holiday's mitzvot, rituals, and customs. Print it out for handy reference during Rosh Hashanah...
New to the synagogue? This article will give you an idea what's in store for you. With nervousness gone, now you can concentrate on the prayers!
Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances.
By Areyah Kaltmann
Should he leave as logic dictated? Or should he stay, as his heart was inexplicably urging him? But, he'd left his Jewish learning behind so many years ago...
By Levi Avtzon
The attitude of "last year was bad" is wrong, a lie.
By Yanki Tauber
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this?
By Tzvi Freeman
This, then, is the secret of prayer: The entire world may be ripping apart at the seams, but the beseecher's heart and mouth are at peace as one.
By Jane Falk
His black fedora was cocked gangster-like to the right, and the tails of his frock coat flapped with every step.
By Yaakov Paley
After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom...
In the Rosh Hashanah Torah readings: Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem... Also: Abraham's outreach, Sarah's superiority, Chanah's prayer, and the binding of Isaac
By Rochel Chein
What actually occurred on the first Rosh Hashanah, more than 5700 years ago? What are we commemorating?
By Aron Moss
At almost every function I attend, a wedding, kid's birthday party or communal gathering, someone comes up to me and says, "Rabbi, do you know why I don't go to synagogue...."
By Hanna Perlberger
I know it’s a childish and irrational projection, but that’s how I sum up my heavenly Father – the One up there who has no malice towards me, but is certainly not dependable, who will lure me into a false sense of security, if I let Him, but then will pull the rug out and disappear in the middle of the night...
Make sure to begin the New Year right with foods that carry symbolic meaning, Jewish tradition and are, of course, absolutely delicious!