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Jewish Holidays
Dedicated by The Jacobs and Chill Families in Memory of Harold and Pearl Jacobs

Rav Kook on Chanukah’s Universalism
Chanukah
Rav Kook on Chanukah’s Universalism
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider December 12, 2024
The Amazing Combination of Tzitzis and Ner Chanukah
Chanukah
The Amazing Combination of Tzitzis and Ner Chanukah
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 9, 2024
What is Chanukah?
Chanukah
What is Chanukah?
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz September 10, 2024
Chanukah: What’s Greater: the Act of God or Man? – The Astonishing Dispute Between the Greeks & the Jews
Chanukah
Chanukah: What’s Greater: the Act of God or Man? – The Astonishing Dispute Between the Greeks & the Jews
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 14, 2023
The Eternal Salvation of Chanukah & the Miraculous Manuscript of the Chida
Chanukah
The Eternal Salvation of Chanukah & the Miraculous Manuscript of the Chida
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 14, 2023
Purim on Chanukah, Gratitude Through Lighting, Yom Tov of the Secrets of the Torah
Chanukah
Purim on Chanukah, Gratitude Through Lighting, Yom Tov of the Secrets of the Torah
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 14, 2023
Chanukah: Radiate Your Beauty
Chanukah
Chanukah: Radiate Your Beauty
By Rabbi Yonah Sklare December 12, 2023
Hallel on Chanukah: The Revolutionary Teaching of the Yeshuos Yaakov and Rav Aharon Kotler
Chanukah
Hallel on Chanukah: The Revolutionary Teaching of the Yeshuos Yaakov and Rav Aharon Kotler
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 11, 2023

Upcoming Holidays

Asarah B'Tevet

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The Mysterious Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
Asarah B'Tevet
The Mysterious Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz January 8, 2024
The Bas Ayin Adds Up the Four Fasts and the Result is Divine
Asarah B'Tevet
The Bas Ayin Adds Up the Four Fasts and the Result is Divine
By OU Staff December 25, 2023
Asara B’Teves – Destruction, Redemption and the Number 98
Asarah B'Tevet
Asara B’Teves – Destruction, Redemption and the Number 98
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 18, 2023
The Unspoken Mystery of Asara B’Teves – Four Approaches
Asarah B'Tevet
The Unspoken Mystery of Asara B’Teves – Four Approaches
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 18, 2023

Upcoming Holidays

  • Chanukah
    Begins in the evening of Dec 25, 2024
    Ends in the evening of Jan 1, 1970
  • Asarah B'Tevet

    Begins in the morning of Jan 10, 2025

    Ends in the evening of Jan 10, 2025
  • Tu B'Shevat
    Begins in the evening of Feb 12, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Feb 13, 2025
  • Fast of Esther

    Begins in the morning of Mar 13, 2025

    Ends in the evening of Mar 13, 2025
  • Purim
    Begins in the evening of Mar 13, 2025
    Ends in the evening of Mar 14, 2025
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Shabbat

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Shabbat Overview: The Dual Nature of Shabbat
Shabbat
Shabbat Overview: The Dual Nature of Shabbat
By OU Staff January 11, 2024
Protect the Day of Shabbat
Shabbat
Protect the Day of Shabbat
By Dayan Isidor Grunfeld January 11, 2024
The Concept of Melacha
Shabbat
The Concept of Melacha
By OU Staff January 11, 2024
Shabbos in the Modern World – Economics and Israel
Shabbat
Shabbos in the Modern World – Economics and Israel
By Daniel Adler January 11, 2024

Months

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כ”ב חשון – The Yahrtzeit of the Arvei Nachal and How to Use Setbacks to Jump Ahead
Months
כ”ב חשון – The Yahrtzeit of the Arvei Nachal and How to Use Setbacks to Jump Ahead
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 9, 2024
Can You Interrupt During Shemoneh Esrei to Tell Someone They Forgot Yaaleh V’yavo?
Months
Can You Interrupt During Shemoneh Esrei to Tell Someone They Forgot Yaaleh V’yavo?
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 2, 2024
Secrets of The Mystical Permutation of Hashem’s Name for Chodesh Kisleiv
Months
Secrets of The Mystical Permutation of Hashem’s Name for Chodesh Kisleiv
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 2, 2024
Rosh Chodesh Kislev: The Bluzhover Rebbe Uncovers the Turnaround Evident in the Letters of Chodesh Kislev
Months
Rosh Chodesh Kislev: The Bluzhover Rebbe Uncovers the Turnaround Evident in the Letters of Chodesh Kislev
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein December 2, 2024

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