Jewish Life Guide
Tisha B'Av for Beginners: Grief, Memory, and the Low Seat
A narrative beginner guide to Tisha B'Av, the Jewish fast day of destruction and lament, with attention to communal …
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The Jewish Holiday Year: Learning the Calendar as a Story
A narrative beginner guide to the Jewish holiday cycle, from the High Holidays and Sukkot to Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, …
Jewish Life Guide
The Passover Seder for Beginners: The Meal That Teaches Questions
A narrative guide to the Passover seder for beginners: the table, the haggadah, the symbols, the questions, and how to …
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Rosh Hashanah at Home for Beginners: Sweetness, Sound, and Return
A narrative beginner guide to Rosh Hashanah at home, including the table, shofar, greetings, symbolic foods, repair, …
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Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah for Beginners: Staying, Rain, and the Joy of Torah
A narrative beginner guide to Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, the fall festival transition from Sukkot's fragile …
Jewish Life Guide
Tu BiShvat at Home for Beginners: Fruit, Trees, and Quiet Renewal
A narrative beginner guide to Tu BiShvat, the Jewish new year for trees, through fruit, seder customs, ecology, …
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Shavuot for Beginners: Learning, Covenant, and the Quiet Holiday After Passover
A narrative beginner guide to Shavuot, including the counting from Passover, Torah, late-night study, dairy customs, …
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Purim for Beginners: Noise, Gifts, Giving, and Hidden Courage
A narrative beginner guide to Purim, including the Megillah, costumes, graggers, mishloach manot, tzedakah, festive …
Jewish Life Guide
Sukkot at Home for Beginners: Fragile Shelter, Guests, and Joy
A narrative beginner guide to Sukkot at home, including the sukkah, harvest joy, lulav and etrog, hospitality, meals, …
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Hanukkah for Beginners: Candles, Windows, and Public Memory
A narrative beginner guide to Hanukkah, including the hanukkiah, candle lighting, publicizing the miracle, oil foods, …
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High Holidays for Beginners: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Return
A narrative beginner guide to the Jewish High Holidays, including Elul, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, teshuvah, Yom Kippur, …