The Shofar – Rosh HaShanah’s Most Remembered and Best Loved Ritual
In a recent survey of Jewish people of all denominations and backgrounds, of all ages and of all levels of observance from synagogers to secular Jews – when they were asked what they remembered most about the High Holy Days the response was near unanimous – the...
Ferramonti
Ferramonti Internment Camp The story of the Ferramonti Internment Camp is a story of Jewish survival thanks to the efforts of Italian soldiers and impoverished Italian villagers who worked together to save nearly 4,000 Jews. Located in the province of Cosenza on the...
The Rosh HaShanah Haggadah
The Rosh HaShanah Seder – Seder Yehi Ratzon A Sephardic Experience, In English e’ in italiano The Rosh HaShanah seder has its origins in the Talmud (Horayot 12a) where Rabbi Abaye writes about eating those foods that grow in abundance at this time of the year....
Rosh HaShanah
Rosh HaShanah includes “Tashlich” Throwing Sins Away Back in the day, on one of the first two days of Rosh HaShanah, Jews traditionally walked together to a stream, pond, lake, river, or even an ocean. The idea was to find a body of flowing water, preferably...
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