Many people's favourite blessing.
You say this blessing out loud in shul if you have emerged from any one of four potentially threatening events.
The blessing refers to the first rainbow that we know of, which appeared after the Flood.
Aliyah l'regel, literally ascent on foot, was a central practice of Judaism almost from its origins.
If a different wine is brought to the table that is better than the one you had been drinking until that point, then one says a special berachah.
Dancing with the Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah is a surprisingly recent custom.
We do not want to arrive at shul for Kol Nidre feeling over-full, complacent or arrogant.
Many people have the custom to visit the graves of their parents before Rosh Hashanah.
Kol Nidre, the prayer we say on Yom Kippur eve pleading for release from vows, is very famous.
Another essential Jewish practice associated with this time of the year.
The words that the Jewish people should use wherever they wished to pray for forgiveness.
Should observant Jews be vegetarians?
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