Holidays
Avinu Malkeinu
Saturday, August 1st, 2009A-VI-nu Mal-KEI-nu means Our Father Our King. This is the name of one of the most well known High Holiday prayers. It includes 44 requests for Yah’s blessings and compassion. Notably, this prayer brings out two aspects of God: the loving and compassionate parent and the stern ruler who establishes [...]
Shanah Tovah U’m'tukah
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Sha-NAH to-VAH u’m’tu-KAH is a greeting for the New Year that means “May you have a good and sweet year!”
Tapuchim U’dvash
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Ta-pu-CHIM u’DVASH (singular: ta-PU-ach and d’VASH) are apples and honey. On Rosh Hashanah we dip apples in honey for a sweet sweet year! Of course, we also eat honey cakes and slather honey on our challah and did you know that for the first year after getting married you get to dip your [...]
G’mar Chatimah Tovah
Saturday, August 1st, 2009G’MAR cha-ti-MAH to-VAH is a greeting used traditionally between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It means, “May you be sealed (in the Sefer Chaiim).”
Sefer Chaiim
Saturday, August 1st, 2009SEY-fer Chai-IM is the Book of Life. It is said that all of our deeds are weighed and judged. On Rosh Hashanah the book is opened. From the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, Elul, all the way up to the final moments of N’ilah, the closing of the Yom Kippur [...]
L’shanah Tovah Tikatayvu
Saturday, August 1st, 2009L’sha-NAH to-VAH ti-ka-TEY-vu is a greeting for the New Year. It means “May you be inscribed and sealed (in the Sefer Chaiim) for a good year.”
click here for a Rosh Hashanah Coloring Page!
Haggadah
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Haggadah is Hebrew for “Telling” or “Narrative.” This book guides us through the Pesach Seder and includes all of the rituals, stories, songs, and prayers. Many Haggadot (plural) also are filled with thought provoking challenges and relevant questions for the times.
