Time For Real Jewish Leadership By Ronn Torossian By: Ronn Torossian | - I am proud that my children attend a Modern Orthodox yeshiva and receive an education that I never had. I am proud to be involved in my local Orthodox community and synagogues. Eating kosher, observing mitzvot and being religiously involved has grown increasingly important to me in recent years. Owning a public relations agency, I have always been keenly aware of being in the public eye and how the obligations to be forthright, honest, and not to cheat, steal or lie are important values on whic ... Tags:RONN TOROSSIAN
What You Need For Shavuot From Your Judaica Store By: Mark Etinger | - Shavuot is on the sixth day of Sivan and usually falls in late May or early June. It celebrates God giving the Torah to the Israelites at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot is also one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It is also the fiftieth day since the Passover seder and concludes the Counting of the Omer, which was traditionally when an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple.
The Call To Freedom By: seaspa | - I stood between the train cars, wind blowing in my hair, watching the Mexican countryside flash by. With each passing hour the train wheels carried me further from my obligations, my bills, my job, and the people who knew me. In twelve more hours, my wife and two children and I would get off the train, ride a bus for several hours, and then take a boat to a place where no one knew us. A place where I would receive no phone nor electric bills, because there would be neither electricity nor phones ... Tags:Jewish classifieds, jewish recipes
The Call To Freedom By: Telx Computers | - I stood between the train cars, wind blowing in my hair, watching the Mexican countryside flash by. With each passing hour the train wheels carried me further from my obligations, my bills, my job, and the people who knew me. In twelve more hours, my wife and two children and I would get off the train, ride a bus for several hours, and then take a boat to a place where no one knew us. A place where I would receive no phone nor electric bills, because there would be neither electricity n ... Tags:Jewish dating, Jewish Abroad, Jewish holidays
Catch4catch.com Plenty Of Jews By: David Greenberg | - What is Halakhah?
Judaism is not just a set of beliefs about G-d, man and the universe. Judaism is a comprehensive way of life, filled with rules and practices that affect every aspect of life: what you do when you wake up in the morning, what you can and cannot eat, what you can and cannot wear, how to groom yourself, how to conduct business, who you can marry, how to observe the holidays and Shabbat, and perhaps most important, how to treat G-d, other people, and animals. This set of ru ... Tags:Plenty of Jews, Jewish women, Jewish men, Jewish online dating, Jewish dating online, Shidduch, Jewish singles dating, Jewish internet dating, beshert, Jewish
Obscure Judaica By: Dana Poritz | - With the significant drop in Anti-Semitism and the popularity of multiculturalism and globalization, the appearance of Judaica has become rather commonplace. Some of the most common types of Judaica include those related to Hanukkah, such as Menorahs and Dreidels, also known in Hebrew as a Sevivon, which literally means that which spins but is a top. Some other well-known Judaica are those associated with Passover, such as the Seder Plate and Kiddush Cups. Those who have been to any sor ... Tags:Judaica
How To Properly Tie Tzitzis By: Mark Etinger | - The custom of wearing Tzitzis originated from the commandment from Numbers 15:37-41: The Lord said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner. That shall be your fringe; look at it and recall all the commandments of the Lord and observe them, so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. Thus you shall be ... Tags:Kippas, Kippot, Yarmulka, Kipa, Wedding kipas, Talit, Chupah talit, Tzitzis, Mesh tzitzis
Jewish Spiritual Living, The Present Moment And Divine Harmony By: Jody Allen Gorran | - In Judaism, I was always aware that there was a strong emphasis on the concept of ethics. To be a good person was very important. I certainly understood that there were some Jews who appeared to be very pious and followed the commandments,the mitzvot. I also knew that these same individuals were not necessarily honest people in their everyday dealings with other people, even though they went to great lengths to follow the commandments.
Ok, But Why A Fish Head? By: Hillary Marshak | - Jewish tradition calls for welcoming the new year with symbolic foods that represent well wishes and sustenance for the coming year. Translated as Head of the Year, Rosh Hashanah is an important time for Jews because it allows for a great deal of self reflection and improvement. Having these customary foods at the Rosh Hashanah dinner table reminds Jews of what's important and of what another year can achieve. The following is a guide to the meaning behind some traditional and customary foods, a ... Tags:rosh hashanah, symbolic foods, symbols, jewish new year, judaism
What's Archery Got To Do With The Jewish High Holy Days? By: Nina Amir | - Did you know that the word for sin in Hebrew - chet - comes from the sport of archery? So does the word Torah, which refers to the Old Testament scrolls and the text they contain.
When on Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance, Jews all over the world recite over and over again in the holiday liturgy the words "al chet," which are usually translated as "the sin," what they are really saying is "the missed mark." Hebrew has no real word for sin. There are one or two other words that ref ... Tags:Rosh Hshanah, al chet, chet, sin, Yom Kippur, Torah, High Holy Days, Days of Awe, Mitzvot, commandments
Why Do We Have To Practice Being Spiritual? By: Nina Amir | - Have you ever wondered why we those of us on a spiritual path are told to have a "practice"? Imagine if we all joined a spiritual team and got together every day for practice. What would we do? Would we run prayer sprints? Would we stretch our beliefs? Would we scrimmage different religions? Truth be told, practice is just as important to becoming a spiritual person as it is to becoming a great soccer player, swimmer or baseball player.
