Three Keys to Success: Persistence, Advice and Prayer
I would like to tell you something about yourself. There is an area of your life that you have likely given up hope on. Perhaps you’ve given up on moving to...
Sep 26, 2019
By Yaakov Weiland
Rosh Hashanah and the Fall of Winston Churchill
On July 5, 1945, the world witnessed one of the greatest “betrayals” in the annals of human existence. Two months after the Allied victory over the Nazis, in one of the...
Sep 5, 2018
By Rabbi David Rabhan
The Heat is On
The crisis was real. My wife had tried to bake bread and left it in the oven for the right amount of time at the right temperature. But the results were...
Sep 4, 2018
By Shlomo Horwitz
Top 4 Ways to Teach Your Kids How to...
Knowing how to pray is probably one of the most essential tools that a Jew needs to live his life in a meaningful way. It is through prayer that we connect...
Sep 15, 2016
By Adina Soclof
Hint for a King
Here in the Old City of Jerusalem and probably in your own neighborhood, classes for the coming holidays are popping up everywhere. As the intensity of Elul is building, the talk...
Sep 22, 2015
By Renee Chernin
For Rosh Hashanah: OU Certified Products List
Honey Dutch Gold Blossom Hill Gefen Honey Bee Smith Bee Wine Welner Wines – Terrenal Cabernet and Tempranillo from Spain Royal Wines – Baron Herzog Pinot Grigio, Red Zinfandel, Merlot and...
Sep 10, 2015
By OU Staff
Learning to Love Even Those We Dislike
Rosh Hashana is approaching in a few days and I am truly frightened. My fear stems not just from God’s impending annual judgment, but from the current status of our people...
Sep 8, 2015
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Recipes with Pomegranates
Let me get this out of the way before I go any further with this column: pomegranates while delicious, good for you in so many ways and truly a wonderful addition...
Aug 21, 2015
By Eileen Goltz
Simanim–Sign Me Up For A Sweet, Healthy New Year!
Rosh Hashanah is usually associated with apples and honey, symbolizing sweetness for the coming New Year. In our family, honey cake, apple cake or strudel and a carrot tzimmes sweetened with...
Aug 21, 2015
By Norene Gilletz
Sweet Seeds: Pomegranate Salad for Rosh Hashanah
Pomegranates! A sweet and juicy fruit symbolic of our hopes that this year we will come before the heavenly court with abundant merits, even more abundant than the seeds in a...
Sep 18, 2014
By Shirit Gold
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