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    Shedding Light on Chanukah – a Practical Guide

    What is Chanukah? During the period of the second temple, the Syrian-Greek kingdom issued decrees against the Jews observing...
    • Why Hanukkah is the Perfect Festival for Religious Freedom
    • Redemption, The Ultimate Miracle: A Dreidel Story
    • Halacha L’Maaseh on Chanuka
    • Your Best Chanukah Lighting: Eight Tips
    • Hilchos Chanukah Part 2
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    Melacha #17 – Maisach (Threading a Warp)

    We now enter the first of several melachos pertaining to the weaving process. There are several prerequisites that one...
    • Melacha #16 – Toveh (Spinning)
    • Melacha #15 – Tzovei’ah (Dyeing)
    • Melacha #14 – Menapeitz (Combing)
    • Melacha #13 – Melabein (Laundering)
    • Melacha #12 – Gozeiz (Shearing)
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    Marking Time

    I knew a man who once told me, Time passes in the blink of an eye. When he told...
    • Significance of Astrology in Judaism
    • The Seventh of Adar
    • The Month of Adar
    • The Month of Shevat
    • Leading Role of Women in the Exodus and in the Shirah

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Asarah B'Tevet

Begins in the morning of Dec 22, 2015

Ends in the evening of Dec 22, 2015

Tu B'Shevat

Begins in the evening of Jan 24, 2016

Ends in the evening of Jan 25, 2016

Fast of Esther

Begins in the morning of Mar 23, 2016

Ends in the evening of Mar 23, 2016

Jewish Holidays

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Birchat HaChama
Chanukah
Fast of Esther
Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
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Four Shabbatot
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Lag BaOmer
Months
Passover
Purim
Rosh Hashanah
Sefirat HaOmer
Shabbat
Shavuot
Shmini Atzeret
Shushan Purim
Simchat Torah
Sukkot
The Three Weeks
Tu B'Av
Tu B'Shevat
Tzom Gedaliah
Yom HaAtzmaut
Yom HaShoah
Yom Hazikaron
Yom Kippur
Yom Yerushalayim

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