Answering some oft-asked Hanukkah questions
By MJL Staff (My Jewish Learning via JTA) — How do you pronounce Hanukkah? Is there a correct spelling for the holiday? Why does Hanukkah last eight days?…
Holiday Columns
Rabbi Kliel Rose: Teshuvah is more than just saying sorry
By Rabbi Kliel Rose Rabbi Kliel Rose offered a Dvar Torah about Teshuvah at Beth Shalom Synagogue in Edmonton during the Kol Nidre (opening) service…
Figuring out what Shemini Atzeret is. Finally.
By Carla Naumburg (Kveller via JTA) — I know something about most Jewish holidays. I can tell you that Hanukkah is about miracles, Passover is…
Sukkot: Spiced Lamb and Butternut Squash Burekas Recipe
By Shannon Sarna (The Nosher via JTA) — By the time Sukkot arrives, and we are three weeks into nonstop Jewish holiday mode, some people might be…
This Panoramic Sukkah re-creates Jerusalem in your backyard
By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — When it comes to Sukkot, the weeklong festival in which Jews live and eat in temporary huts known as sukkahs,…