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Today is Hoshanah Rabbah, the day, which according to Jewish tradition, marks the end of the judgment period of the High Holidays. In marking the day’s solemnity, some have a custom of staying awake ...

Nazi Germany finally surrendered on the 8th of May 1945, bringing an end to the “Thousand Year Reich” 988 years short of its target. But in that historically ...

A common thread extends through the Sukkot, Hoshanah Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah festivals – a thread that binds our people. It intersects with Parashat V’zot Haberachah, read on ...

One of the culinary traditions for Sukkot, particularly the last days of the week-long holiday, is to eat stuffed cabbage, known in Yiddish by many names, including holishkes, holiptses, prakes and ...