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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Romi Morales, Mazkirut Olamit Israel In Rosh Hashanah, we celebrate the beginning of a new year, but we also celebrate the birthday of the human being who emerged in history on this day, thousands of years ago. According to the Book of Bereshit, shortly after being created, man and woman committed the first sin by
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Dalia Stekel – Rosh Chinuch Tzeirei Ami B’Chile Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is commemorated by the majority of Am Israel throughout the world on the first and second days of Tishrei1 (the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar). This chag focuses on two main ideas: it is the first day of
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By: Yoni Meta From Tammuz 17th to Av. 9th, Am Israel is devastated by the loss of the temple and what were the first two Jewish states. In that sense, today we are at an intermediate time: Israel – as a people – is not in a state of war, but neither there is complete
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A.D.Gordon, The Return to the Land (1944) Listen to me, my brother, and hear me too, sister, and remember that you both have also dreamed just like me. And in my dream, I come to Eretz Israel. The land is abandoned and deserted, ruled by foreigners. The ruins blur the light of its face and
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