As the winter deepens and the light grows scarce, the Hebrew month of Tevet arrives quietly—yet it carries strong, often ...

The Jewish calendar is notoriously imbalanced. After all of the holidays jammed into the month of Tishrei, it is nearly two full months before we celebrate the next one, Hanukkah. What do you do with ...

In the secular calendar, a new month begins in the middle of the moon’s cycle. In the Jewish calendar, a new month begins with the new moon. The Hebrew word for month is chodesh which also means ...

Next month, Jews around the world will participate in a centuries-long tradition of lighting candles, dining on fried food and gathering with loved ones to celebrate Jewish history. Hanukkah, also ...

The Holy Days are barely behind us, and we’re already preparing for Hanukkah (the first day of which, as some have realized, coincides with American Thanksgiving this year). But between these events ...