Moshe Glikson The few distinguished days of the year, the days of remembrance and the great holidays, are of high importance. During these days, an ordinary Jewish person experiences, depending on his spiritual ability, the nation’s tradition, and joins through specific actions and symbols, mitzvoth aseh and mitzvoth lo-taaseh, to the chain of acceptance of […]
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Eli Akerman H. Rosh Hadracha Kinneret B’Colombia Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism, a day of repentance and forgiveness. On this unique date, Jews across the world fast for a full day; some spend the day in synagogues and others in a special place that enhances the atmosphere of introspection and personal reflection.
Sergio Edelstein In the beautiful cultural baggage that we inherited from Judaism, there are two holidays: Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur. These two holidays are both very different, but paradoxically have a commonality that relates us to one of the main educational motifs in the Tnua: the Madim – uniform. What do these two holidays
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Ajad Haam (1904) (In this article) I take, a comprehensive view of the whole range of tradition about Moses, and ask myself first: What essentially is Moses? In other words, what manner of thing is the national ideal which has its embodiment in Moses? There are heroes and heroes; heroes of war, heroes of thought,
By: Gabriel Shnaider, Rosh Chinuch, Hanoar Hatzioni B´Perú Every year, on the twenty-second of Tishrei, the Jewish people celebrate Simchat Torah. This chag begins automatically after Sukkot, concludes the reading of the Torah and marks the beginning of a new reading cycle. This chag is characterized by the great joy it evokes, where both adults
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By: Gabriel Shnaider, Rosh Chinuch Hanoar Hatzioni B´Peru Sukkot is a holiday celebrated from the fifteenth to the twenty-first of Tishrei. Just days after the tension of Aseret Yemei Teshuva, we experience joy and union. The holiday of Sukkot has different rituals that characterize it: the sukkah, the Arbaat Haminim and the Ushpizin, among others.
By: Talia Gabriel, Rosh Chinuch Hanoar Hatzioni B’Costa Rica One of the most important mitzvoth of the holiday of Sukkot is Arba’at Haminim – The Four Species. The Etrog (citron fruit), Lulav (palm branch), Hadas (myrtle) and Arava (willow), whose physical characteristics differentiate them, represent significant symbols that we can relate to the framework tnuati.
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By: Maor Hurevich, Shaliach of Hanoar Hatzioni for Netzach Israel Movement in Brazil One of the most exciting moments for a youth movement is going to the movement’s machane. Long before the beginning of the machane, the hanhaga gathers to schedule the specific date, Vaadat HaChinuch carefully builds the educational program and the madrichim meticulously
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Sergio Edelstein The beginning of the year in the Hebrew calendar was named in a particular way—not a new year, but the head of the year. We interpret this holiday’s name as if the beginning of the year focuses on the essential characteristic of the human being—thinking—and this is precisely the message that Jewish wisdom
Hanna Szenes It’s the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Two years have already passed since I left home. Two years away from my mother, my home; from my brother I’ve been away three years; and I’ve lived two years in the Land. If I could, I would write a few words to my mother. I have
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