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Jewish Holidays

Torah Portion
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Lists of holidays

Celebrate and observe the Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Beshevat and more.

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 23, 2022. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate their community's connection and commitment to Israel.

Ethiopian-Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Shabbat candles

Shabbat, Simchat Torah candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
'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
Maurycy Gottlieb: ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur,’ 1878

We are part of the human family: A reflection for Yom Kippur
By RABBI RON KRONISH
Sukkah (illustrative)

Sukkot: A versatile verse
By MICHAEL M. COHEN
A sukkah

Sukkot: Joy in permanence and transience
By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
PRAYING FOR forgiveness at the Western Wall before Yom Kippur.

'Mimini Mikhael': Yom Kippur must be transformative - review
By ROSS SINGER
PICKING MYRTLE plants, one of the Four Species, for use in 'lulavim.'

Sukkot: One small step for unity - opinion
By MOSHE TARAGIN
Orthodox Jews participate in a musical prayer service during which they walk around the synagogue carrying an etrog, a large citrus fruit, and a lulav.

Agriculture Ministry warns Israelis on bringing Four Species from abroad for Sukkot
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
VA'ANI TEFILATI (Yoram Raanan)

Why is Yom Kippur the happiest day of the year? - opinion
By GEDALIAH GURFEIN
MILLIONS OF Inquisition-era documents are waiting to be unearthed. The writer’s current mission is their digitization.

Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years - opinion
By GENIE MILGROM
‘I HOLD my dad as close in my heart as he held me,’ says the writer.

'Who shall live, who shall die': Matters of life and death on Yom Kippur
By FERN ALLEN
NEW IMMIGRANTS, survivors of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, after their arrival at the Atlit reception camp.

How to turn curses into blessings - opinion
By DAVID GOLINKIN
OPEN A new, clean page for the coming year.

Yom Kippur: Opportunity for forgiveness
By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

AI, pluralism and Israel: What North American rabbis spoke about in their High Holiday sermons
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
The Ades Synagogue in Jerusalem.

'Selichot Journey': Giving a modern look to High Holy Day prayers - review
By MORDECHAI BECK
Children picking pomegranates in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona.

Rosh Hashanah: Food traditions of the Jewish High Holy Days
By SYBIL KAPLAN
Eve

Rosh Hashanah: Thoughts of women during the Days of Awe
By DAVID GEFFEN
Hand-colored etching of Hagar, baby Ishmael and Abraham.

Rosh Hashanah: Torah readings warn that even the righteous can fail
By MORDECHAI BECK
‘DOROTHY, YOU always had the power.’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ 1939.

Rosh Hashanah: Expanding who we are
By MICHAEL M. COHEN
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