The ongoing CUSTOMS & CONVENTIONS series focuses on timely rules, regulations, and traditional observances related to the Jewish holidays and special times on our Jewish unique calendar! A fascinating discovery on the tradition of PURIM DRINKING. Why in Heaven would Halacha require...
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Timely rules, regulations, and traditional observances related to the Jewish holidays and special times on our unique calendar. This series endeavors to trace customs back to their early sources, probe the philosophical jurisprudence associated therein and uncover the mystical perspective laden within.
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A TASTE OF HUNGER — CUSTOMS & CONVENTIONS on the Fast of Esther. Its History, Rhyme & Reason.
The ongoing CUSTOMS & CONVENTIONS series focuses on timely rules, regulations, and traditional observances related to the Jewish holidays and...
Chabad.org Videos, Customs and Conventions, High Holidays
Confounding Satan: Do We Even Believe in That?
Although surprising to some, we not only believe Satan exists – we even do things to confuse him! This is perhaps truest in the days leading up to...
Although sharing good wishes with family and friends in the lead up to Rosh Hashanah – in word and writing – seems so natural to this season; it...
Psalm 27’s prophetic poetic prose encapsulate the soul’s yearning; seeming to organically reflect Elul energy and this spiritually saturated season...
Discover history, rhyme and reason of the pre-High Holiday month-long Shofar sounding. Although the ululating of the Ram’s horn has become synonymous...
Chabad.org Videos, Customs and Conventions
The Special Meal Before Tisha b’Av: Interruption or Initiation?
Observance of Tisha B’av seems to require a proverbial Seuda Hamafseket or “Last Supper” before the fasting commences. But why make hay out of final...
The rhyme and reason behind the well established pre-Tisha B’Av ban on meat and wine is surprisingly vague and inconclusive – especially as Talmudic...
Highlighting the anniversary of the passing of Tzadikim doesn’t seem to have roots in the Bible – yet, it definitely isn’t a modern...
Though not the majority opinion, there is an important school of thought that perceives the five days following Shavuot as an organic continuation of...