25th November 2009
Next week much of North America will celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. Most people believe this tradition came from the first Thanksgiving celebration held in 1621 in Plymouth, MA, by the pilgrims for a successful bounty of crops, but the history of ...
22nd September 2009
On the Hebrew calendar date of the 15th of Tishri, just five days after the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur (Day of Repentance) ends, the lesser-known holiday of Sukkot begins. Unlike the solemn and serious holiday that preceded it, Sukkot is a joyous holid...
22nd September 2009
Despite what many people think, the theme that runs through the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the New Year and Day of Repentance, has less to do with the concept of "sin" as we typically think about it and more to do with goal set...
