Nadav Elovitz

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Should the Jewish calendar start in Nisan? Learn about the four new years of the Jewish calendar.

Did you know Rosh HaShana is not the beginning of the new year? In fact, the Jewish calendar has four new years, and the beginning

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Thanksgiving Miracles: The Jewish Family

If you’re stressed preparing for this Thanksgiving—with the amount of food you have to cook, cleaning for days, having to sit next to great-uncle Harvey

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In the fifth and final piece of the rain insertions series, explore how we can relate the agricultural setting of the land of Israel to today

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In the fourth installment of our series on rain insertions, discover how Amidah insertions are impacted by the lunar and Gregorian calendars.

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In the third part of our series on rain insertions, take a look at why something based in the land of Israel applies in the Diaspora.

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In the second part of our series on rain insertions, explore the theology behind rain insertions and a Talmudic reading to accompany this.

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In the first part of our series on the insertions to pray for rain, take a look at inserting “Mashiv HaRuach” or “Ten Tal” into the Amidah.

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