Simchat Torah (literally “the Joys of the Torah,” in Hebrew) is a jovial fall Jewish holiday filled with lots of singing, dancing, and joy, making it a favorite among children and adults alike! Simchat Torah 2025 begins at sundown on Monday, October 13, and will be celebrated throughout the next two days in the diaspora […]
After the intensity of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it’s time for the joyous holiday of Sukkot! For 7 days in Israel or 8 in the diaspora, we relax in beautifully decorated Sukkahs, shake our Lulavs and Etrogs, and eat delicious meals outdoors under the stars and sky. Arriving in the early fall when […]
Sukkot, the weeklong Festival of Booths, begins at sundown on Monday, October 6, 2025, and lasts through nightfall on Sunday, October 12, 2025. At the very center of Sukkot is the sukkah – a temporary hut built outdoors. For a full week, Jewish families around the world step inside this fragile yet joyous space to […]
Like we mentioned in our Sukkot Fact File post, the waving or shaking of the Four Species, also commonly referred to as the lulav and etrog, is a key commandment of Sukkot.
Sukkot 2025 begins in the evening of Monday, October 6, and lasts for a week. And since one of the main festivities of the holiday is eating meals with family and friends in makeshift huts or sukkahs, you’re probably looking for scrumptious recipes to take you through the holiday. To help you out, we’ve rounded […]
One of the main traditions of Sukkot is eating one’s meals in a sukkah together with family and guests. The holiday lasts a week – this year starting at sundown on Monday, October 6 and ending after nightfall on Monday, October 13, 2025 – which gives plenty of opportunities for fun and festive meals. No […]
“Ushpizin” in Aramaic translates into “guests”, but who are these guests we invite in? Every night for seven nights we ask a different Jewish biblical leader to visit us. In Jewish tradition it is said that Avraham, Yitzchak (Isaac), Yaakov (Jacob), Moshe (Moses), Aaron, Yosef (Joseph), and King David come down from the heavens and […]
As summer begins to pass and the air steadily becomes cooler, the changing of seasons brings more than just the impending arrival of sweater weather and colorful, crunchy leaves. With the fall comes a very special holiday in the Jewish calendar, one that we all know and love. We’re referring, of course, to Chag HaAsif […]