Rosh Hashanah is also known as “Yom Teruah” (Day of Blowing the Shofar), but “Teruah” has more than one meaning…. Oorah’s founder, Rabbi Chaim Mintz delivers a short Rosh Hashanah […]
Shabbat and Holidays
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It’s Rosh Hashanah time, and G-d has lots in store for us, but are we willing to accept it? Oorah’s founder, Rabbi Chaim Mintz, delivers a short Rosh Hashanah message […]
There are many symbolic foods traditionally eaten at the Rosh Hashana meal. (This article does a good job explaining the background for this.) Probably the most well known, of course, […]
Honey cake is a tried and true Rosh Hashana tradition. But how many of us actually enjoy our cake? Here’s a recipe from Mrs. Horowitz, an Oorah employee who actually […]
Who doesn’t associate Rosh Hashana with apples? This super easy recipe from Mrs. Raizelle Serebrowski, director of the Oorah Rebbetzins program, gives you a new way to add them to […]
Umbrellas, like many other useful things in life, prove to be quite versatile. Which is how I found myself in the midst of last week’s hurricane, clutching an umbrella and […]
On Rosh Hashanah there is a concept of “וגילו ברעדה” which means “and rejoice while trembling.” I don’t know about you, but when I’m trembling, I’m not really rejoicing and […]
A King is only a King if he has subjects whom He rules over. Rosh Hashanah is the day that every single person in the world is judged. On that […]
True Love Necessitates Animosity In addition to the regular Torah reading, this week we read about the commandment to remember the episode with Amalek. Shortly after the Jews left Egypt, […]
