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Challah

How to Braid Challah for Shabbat, Holidays or Anytime

Our how-to video will help you conquer the art of braiding challah for any occasion.

Hanukkah

Hanukkah 101

From candle-lighting to Maccabees and latkes to dreidels.

Rosh Hashanah 101

The Jewish New Year is a time of rejoicing and serious introspection.

Where to Stream Yom Kippur Services for Free

Where to find a free online service for the Day of Atonement.

High Holiday Zoom Services: How to Get the Most out of Them

Try these seven tips to make the holiday sacred and special, even if you're not going to synagogue in person.

Candle-Lighting Blessings for Yom Kippur

Blessings for beginning Yom Kippur in Hebrew, English, and transliteration.

Why Tisha B’Av is Not Really About Mourning

The practices associated with this holiday are closer to the experience of being a refugee than to being a mourner.

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Rosh Hashanah

Impress your friends and family with these little-known facts about the Jewish New Year.

Must-Know Yom Kippur Words and Phrases

Key vocabulary for the Jewish Day of Atonement.

Must-Know Rosh Hashanah Words and Phrases

Your glossary for the Jewish New Year.

What Is a Shofar?

Blowing the ram's horn on the High Holidays.