Jewish Holidays

Explore the Torah’s system for establishing the Jewish months, from calculating the moon’s cycle and hearing witnesses to reconciling the lunar and solar years through leap years. Discover why sanctif...

Is there a mitzvah to buy a gift for one's wife for the holiday? If so, must it be jewelry, or is clothing acceptable as well?My husband finds it difficult to buy jewelry because it is expensive for h...

Hello, esteemed Rabbi, I would like to ask: Is the fast of Yom Kippur a holiday or a fast? If it is a holiday, why do we fast on it? Thank you very much, Ma'ayan.

Greetings! As far as I know, there is a second holiday of Sukkot. Therefore, I would like to know when the second holiday will be this year. Respectfully, Golan

Which holidays are from the Torah, and which holidays are rabbinic? And which of them are also Yom Tov?

Hello, is it permissible to travel on a holiday? Thank you in advance!

The Complete Guide to Selichot 2026 — Meaning, Dates, the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, and Ashkenazi vs. Sephardic Customs, with Hebrew Texts and English Translation

Why the Torah created a second Passover and what it teaches about repentance, opportunity, and renewal

The sages teach us that a person is like a tree; just as a tree draws its vitality from its roots in the ground, so too does a person draw their vitality from their spiritual roots, the Torah and the...

Close relatives of a deceased person are expected set everything aside in order to attend to the burial preparations and honor the dead