(The Conversation) — As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate the High Holy Days, a scholar of the Bible explains their history and why they might offer consolation in times of uncertainty. As a ...

It is known that on Yom Kippur and Hoshana Rabba, the heavens seal our judgment and decrees for the coming up year. And yet according to Kabbalah, the hidden secrets of the Holy Torah, it is written ...

Our Torah portion, Emor, has the most detailed list in the Torah of our Festivals and other Holy Days. This Torah portion gives us the opportunity not only to study what the various holidays are, but ...

(The Conversation) – Over the next few weeks, members of the Jewish faith will observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually in September and October. These ...

More than eight decades ago, amid the Holocaust in Poland, a rabbi looked at a Jewish child beside a Torah scroll and saw the Jewish future.

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

PINECREST, Fla. -- -- PINECREST, Fla. -- Dinner was over by the time the party's honored guest showed up at the table. The visitor to Sandy Grossman's home was a Torah. Most Jews see the holy scroll ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jewish High Holy Days commemorate concepts such as renewal, forgiveness, freedom and joy. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via ...

Jewish people observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, starting this year on the evening of September 22. These holidays commemorate concepts such as renewal, ...