Video: L’Shana Tova!
Happy Rosh Hashana from the entire Latma team!
Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
By YORAM ETTINGER, ARUTZ7 — A guide to understanding the laws and customs of the New Year period. 1. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah- “the beginning of the year”) is compatible with the agricultural calendar. It commences with the planting of seeds and the first rain, which highlights the centrality of the soil in…
Rosh Hashanah Highlight
The Jerusalem Connection is presenting a Rosh Hashana special from good friends, Inna and Michael Rogatchi of The Rogatchi Foundation, an international culture charity which supports and promotes culture, education, moral and historic heritage of the Jewish people. This original painting and the JEWISH MELODY original art series was created by Michael specifically for the…
Music video: What makes Rosh Hashanah beautiful?
An inspiring music video by students of Aish Jerusalem.
Preparing for Rosh Hashanah
By RABBI TULY WEISZ, TEACH FOR ISRAEL— Don’t be surprised if you hear Jews wishing each other a “Happy New Year” over the next few weeks. It’s not that we are confused or have our watches set three months fast, but, because on Wednesday, September 4, is the holiday of Rosh Hashana (Hebrew for “Head…
Spot Report: Shanah Tova
Think on this: “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye at…
Thousands of Jews gather at Western Wall
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD, JPOST— On the eve of Tisha Be’av, thousands of Jews gathered at the Western Wall Monday night to mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples, pray for the creation of a Third Temple, and express hope for peace. Tisha Be’av (the ninth day of the month of Av in…
Video: Shavuot, old school rules
Shavuot—also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost—is a Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). Every year for over 3,300 years, God’s people have a celebration to mark the anniversary of the day they received the holy Torah and Ten Commandments.…
Shavuot and the Nakba: a history lesson
By DR. REUVEN BERKO, ISRAEL HAYOM— As Israeli Jews celebrated the holiday of Shavuot on Wednesday, Palestinians commemorated their 65th Nakba Day, which begins on May 15 according to their calendar. This confluence of dates is a historical jest that has a lot to teach us. For Jews, this holiday is one of the three…
The 11th century Shavuot poem
Before the reading of the Torah, on the first day of Shavuot, a beautiful 11th century poem called Akdamut is recited in the Synagogue. This poem was written by Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak from Worms, Germany. Akdamut consists of praise for God, His Torah, and His people. In most synagogues the poem is read responsively:…