Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski: Kivnei Maron
By Rabbi Nachum Aaron Kutnowski (AJNews) – Each year during the Rosh Hashanah liturgy the UneSaneh Tokef Piyyut is recited across the globe, reminding the…
Holiday Columns
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: An order of fast food
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – After outlining the laws for observing a day of atonement on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Torah…
The best foods to eat before fasting on Yom Kippur
By Shannon Sarna (JTA) – Fasting on Yom Kippur is not easy, nor is it for everyone — some people cannot fast because they are…
Singing Shehecheyanu at the Calgary Jewish Academy
By Lesley Machon (AJNews) – From nursery to grade nine, the Calgary Jewish Academy (CJA) is swinging open its classroom doors. The smallest students file…
Rabbi Matthew Ponak: Five Things You Didn’t Know about the High Holidays
By Rabbi Matthew Ponak Do you think you know Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur? Think again! Here are five surprising facts to inspire and invigorate…