Whether the High Holidays have always been part of your calendar or you’re just beginning to learn about them, this season is full of opportunities to pause, connect, and celebrate…
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Rosh Hashanah, which means the Head of the Year, celebrates the beginning of the Jewish New Year. It’s a time for celebration and marks the beginning of the High Holiday…
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Tu B'Av - August 8-9, 2025 A holiday for love, connection, and maybe a little healing. Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av, began as a celebration…
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Charoset Around the World On the first day of Passover each year, Jews around the world celebrate with a feast known as a Seder. One of the most symbolic items…
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The Jewish holiday of Passover (in Hebrew, Pesach) commemorates the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. You could say it’s kind of a big deal. But planning your…
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April 2024 If Judaism is about memory, as Jewish teacher Avraham Infeld says, then the Passover story is one of the most foundational collective memories we have as a people.…
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“It’s like a Jewish Halloween!” is how we sometimes hear people describe the Jewish holiday of Purim. Both holidays involve costumes and parties, so we get the comparison, but that’s…
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You know one of our favorite things about Jewish holidays? Most of them are an awesome excuse to get together with your HMI fam and eat delicious (albeit specific) foods! …
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Hanukkah 2024/5785 (Hebrew calendar year) Hanukkah is a joyous eight-day festival that tends to fall somewhere between late November and late December each year. This year, Hanukkah starts at sundown…
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High Holidays 2024/5785 (Hebrew calendar year) Whether you grew up dunking apples in honey each year or this is the first time you’ve Googled “Simchat Torah,” the High Holidays are…
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