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SIMCHAT TORAH at Jerusalem’s Har Hamor Yeshiva.

Sirens will not ruin the Jewish spirit - opinion

By HAYIM LEITER

Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits sukkah event hosted by Efrat Council head Oded Revivi, October 16, 2022

At the heart of the High Holy Days: One universal message - opinion

By ZEHAVIT GROSS

SIMCHAT TORAH at Jerusalem’s Har Hamor Yeshiva.

Simchat Torah: Order, trust, and the joy of Torah

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

EXALTING IN Sukkot at the Western Wall

Your Investments: No more excuses: It’s now, not ‘after the Chagim’

By AARON KATSMAN

SUKKOT DECORATIONS, much as we love them, eventually need to be packed up

Sukkot cleaning: Decluttering, organizing, preparing for the holidays

By MIRIAM GOLD

'ASCENDANCE,’ BY Yoram Raanan, oil collage on board, 61 X 45 cm, 2023

Touching spiritual heights with art in honor of the joyful holiday

By MEIRA RAANAN

LET US lead the way back to civility

Heaven will help us for peace, but only after helping ourselves first - comment

By STEWART WEISS

Adults and children, kibbutzniks, new immigrants and people with disabilities, from the Golan to the Negev and the Arabah, came and stayed in the sukkah, participated in activities and watched the various shows.

Isaac Herzog decries growing violence in Israeli sports

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Shabbat candles

What time does Yom Kippur start?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shofars with silver and gold ornamentation on display at the Kol Shofar Gallery, Moshav Ramat Yoav, Israel.

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

By AARON PORIS/THE MEDIA LINE

‘IN OSLO, Norway, it was only walking past that allowed me to see the Oslo Synagogue at all. And, merely walking by, I was approached by a security guard who wanted to know what I was doing there,’ says the writer.

Jews must prepare for High Holidays bomb threats, security experts warn

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA , Jacob Gurvis/JTA

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the Tashlikh ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

High Holidays’ roll call of ruin, is heartbreakingly real for the Ukrainian Jews - opinion

By ALEX WEISLER/JTA

People line up to reach Ukraine on a train, some of them Israelis and Jews from around the world seeking to get to Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

Israelis flock to Ukraine's Uman despite concerns of Russian strikes

Engineers conduct their bi-annual inspection of the Western Wall in preparation for the High Holy Days on August 29, 2023.

Western Wall stones undergo inspection before Rosh Hashanah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Central Selichot services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. August 24, 2023

25,000 Jews gather for Selichot prayers at Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Thousands of Israeli youth protesting the climate crisis in Tel Aviv, March 19, 2021.

Jewish activists support climate march scheduled for Rosh Hashanah

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Jerusalem Great Synagogue

Grapevine: Holiday seats

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

AN ELEVATOR display shows the floor number where it has arrived. There is also a sign that reads ‘Shabbat mode,’ to indicate that it can function as a Shabbat elevator. The photo was taken on a weekday.

Calling all engineers: We need better Shabbat elevators - opinion

By DAVID S. LEVINE