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We’re in the final days before Purim and we’ve got some brand-new features on OU Holidays for you. First, OU Senior Managing Director Rabbi Steven Weil brings us Six Themes

…but now’s our chance to get to know you better! Megillas Esther is one of those Biblical Books we take for granted. Because we read it every year, we think

Purim is not the most important day on the Jewish calendar. Certainly, the Biblical Festivals of Pesach, Succos and Shavuos are more integral to Jewish life, to say nothing of

Tu b’Shevat is coming! And OU Holidays has the information you’ll need to get yourself in that Tu b’Shevat state of mind! Need some general background information to get you

Did you know that OU Torah has many series designed to help our audience improve their knowledge and practice of Jewish law? On Orach Chaim (mostly), the volume of Shulchan

There are lots of categories on OU Torah. There’s Parsha – the weekly Torah portion. There’s Nach – the rest of the Jewish Bible. There’s Gemara, focusing on Daf Yomi,

You all know the one we mean – Chanukah, which starts on the 25th of Kislev! (This year, that translates to the night of December 16.) Since Kislev began, we’ve

There’s a saying that “conventional wisdom is often neither.” For example, “everyone knows” that we’re supposed to throw bread at tashlich on Rosh Hashana and that Jews with tattoos cannot

There’s an old saying, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.” Well, somehow, beyond all the limitations of a 24-hour day, Rabbi Shalom Rosner has managed to do

“Pesach” is nice and easy to spell, but we still call it “Passover” half the time. Wouldn’t Succos (or whatever) be easier to Google if we actually called it “Tabernacles”