Jewish Holidays
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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
Malkat Shabbat in the Soviet Gulag
Shabbat
Malkat Shabbat in the Soviet Gulag
By Rav Yosef Mendelevich October 3, 2022
Maximizing Shabbos to Bring the Geulah
Shabbat
Maximizing Shabbos to Bring the Geulah
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein July 5, 2022
Shabbat: A Day of Building
Shabbat
Shabbat: A Day of Building
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein June 14, 2022
The Rest of Shabbos
Shabbat
The Rest of Shabbos
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein November 22, 2021

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Elul: Towards Gaining a Meritorious Judgment
Elul
Elul: Towards Gaining a Meritorious Judgment
By Steven Genack October 1, 2024
The Start of the Yomim Noraim – The Stunning Teaching of the Magen Avraham
Elul
The Start of the Yomim Noraim – The Stunning Teaching of the Magen Avraham
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein September 30, 2024
The Immediate Miraculous Support of Hashem on the First Night of Selichos
Elul
The Immediate Miraculous Support of Hashem on the First Night of Selichos
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein September 30, 2024
Incredible Insights In the Words of Selichos
Elul
Incredible Insights In the Words of Selichos
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein September 30, 2024

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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Chanukah

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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

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

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