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There are six fast days on the Jewish calendar. The two major ones, Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av are for about 25 hours. The other four, although still important days, last from pre-dawn until night fall. This leads directly to our first tip. Wake Up Early.  If you find even the shorter fast days challenging, Read More

          It appears to me that a certain percentage of the population views this time of year with so much trepidation that if it was possible, they would spend the entire Three Weeks locked away and never leave the house. In my own humble opinion this doesn’t seem appropriate. As is Read More

What is“Kaddish”? Kaddish, or more precisely “The Mourners’ Kaddish”, is the short prayer first said by mourners immediately after burial. Kaddish is said throughout the Shiva week during the prayer services, and daily at the synagogue during the eleven months after the death of a parent, and on the ‘yartzeit’, the anniversary of the relative’s Read More

יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba b’alma di-v’ra Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ B’alma di-v’ra chirutei, v’yamlich malchutei Throughout the world which He has created according to His will may He establish His kingdom בְּחַיֵּיכון וּבְיומֵיכון וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית יִשרָאֵל B’chayeichon uvyomeichon uvchayei d’chol beit Read More